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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

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  • 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.
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The foreman chatters in Meihua, the beautiful tongue, Singapore English.

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  1. Maureen F. McHugh (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Tor Books
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Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0312852711
Page Count: 313

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