An edition of The Telling (2000)

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An edition of The Telling (2000)

The Telling

1st ed.

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.7 (3 ratings) ·
  • 20 Want to read
  • 7 Have read

"Sutty, an Observer for the interstellar Ekumen, has been assigned to Aka, a world in the grip of a materialistic government. The monolithic Corporation State of Aka has outlawed all old customs and beliefs. Sutty herself, an Earthwoman, has fled from a similar monolithic state - but one controlled by religious fundamentalists.".

"Unexpectedly she receives permission to leave the modern city where her movements were closely monitored. She travels up the river into the countryside, going from howling loudspeakers to bleating cattle, to seek the remnants of the banned culture of Aka. As she comes to know and love the people she lives with, she begins to learn their unique religion - the Telling.

Finally joining them on a trek into the high mountains to one of the last sacred places, she glimpses hope for the reconciliation of the warring ideologies that have filled their lives, and her own, with grief."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Harcourt
Language
English
Pages
264

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Subjects

sci-fi, oppression, anthropology, religion, Science fiction, Children's fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, science fiction, general, Adventure stories

People

Sutty

Places

Aka

Times

Future

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First Sentence

"When Sutty went back to Earth in the daytime, it was always to the village."

Table of Contents

Epigraph
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, USA
Series
Hainish Cycle, #8
Copyright Date
2000

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3562.E42 T45 2000, PS3562.E42T45 2000

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
264 p. ;
Number of pages
264

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6781708M
ISBN 10
0151005672
ISBN 13
9780151005673
LCCN
00029574
OCLC/WorldCat
43662164
LibraryThing
52888
Wikidata
Q2623688
Goodreads
92603

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OL59834W

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Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been destroyed, and citizens are strictly monitored. But an official observer from Earth will discover a group of outcasts who still practice its lost religion-the Telling. Intrigued by their beliefs, she joins them on a sacred pilgrimage into the mountains...and into the dangerous terrain of her own heart, mind, and soul.

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