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Description edit
Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award, the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award for Best First Novel, and a Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. With this groundbreaking novel, Maureen F. McHugh established herself as one of the decade's best science fiction writers. In its pages, we... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Zhang: The main character. He is a construction tech working in New York City.
- Peter: Zhang's good friend and former lover. They have an off and on again platonic relationship.
- Cinnabar: I flier. He is romantically connected to Peter.
- San Xiang: A chinese born daughter of Zhang's boss in NYC. She considers herself to be an ugly duckling and has an incredibly sheltered life.
- Woo Eubong: Zhang's engineering teacher. She teaches him the principles of daoist engineering.
- Martine: A Mars homesteader. She raises goats in a closed environment on Mars.
Setting & Locations edit
- China
- New York
- Brooklyn
- Baffin Island
- Wuxi
- Mars
- Nanjing
- New Arizona
- Coney Island
- Mandarin
- Pennsylvania
- Hainandao
- Georgia
- West Virginia
- Australia
- Bed-stuy
- Washington Square
- Shanghai
- Manhattan
- Woo Eubong
- New Mexico
- California
- Cuo
- America
- Hebron
- Jerusalem Ridge
- Israel
First Sentence edit
The foreman chatters in Meihua, the beautiful tongue, Singapore English.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Maureen F. McHugh (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Tor Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0312852711
Page Count: 313
Publisher: Tor Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0312852711
Page Count: 313
Awards edit
- Locus Award (1993: Best First Novel)
- James Tiptree, Jr. Award (1992, #1)
- Nebula (Finalist, 1992: Best Novel)
- Lambda Literary Award (1992: Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy)
- Hugo Award (Finalist, 1993: Best Novel)
- The Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame (1999)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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