Sister Alice [Paperback]

Robert Reed (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2003

Some 10 million years in the future, in a galaxy heavily populated by humans and other advanced species, a thousand trustworthy humans and their cloned offspring have been granted an incredible power that they may preserve a peace that has endured for eons. They can build worlds wherever they wish and can terraform any wasteland. But the arrival of a woman as old as the great peace itself brings uncertainty and fear. For she brings with her a warning: the tale of an ancient crime that threatens to destroy the peace that has been so carefully crafted. A far-future epic of god-like humans and their colossal blunders, SISTER ALICE is a novel of incredible imagination from the author of the acclaimed MARROW. Find out more about this title and others at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

Editorial Reviews

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'Robert Reed is the new century's most compelling SF voice' Stephen Baxter 'Compelling, exhilarating, ambitious' SFX 'An exhilarating ride, in the hands of an author whose aspiration literally knows no bounds' The New York Times 'An absorbing and stimulating novel' THE ALIEN ONLINE

About the Author

Robert Reed was the first Grand Prize Winner of the Writers for the Future contest, and his stories have been nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Orbit (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184149125X
• ISBN-13: 978-1841491257
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,849,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Super Reader, August 30, 2007

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This review is from: Sister Alice (Paperback)

Most of humanity has ceded control of superhuman/posthuman power and/or technology to a select group of families.

The main character in this book is the youngest in the Chamberlain family, and he becomes involved in the machinations of his older siblings. Older, meaning millenia older. His sister Alice contacts him and tells him to seek out one of his brothers.

Despite the superhuman powers these people still screw up, and when one of their experiments starts destroying large swathes of space including many populated planets Ord's family becomes reviled.

After meeting his brother Perfect he begins to act in opposition to his family and the other families. Part of his mission is to stop the galaxy destroying mistakes caused by the others of his clan. This is the part where it goes wide-scale in a big way.