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This review is from the Hardback edition of NorthShore/SouthShore published as "The Awakeners" . I prefer Tepper's older books and this story along with the "Revenants", I guess, are among my favorites. The best Tepper I believe is "The Marianne Trilogy", which includes "The Matchbox, and the "Malachite Mouse". Anyway, this story is very poetic and evocative. The Heroine, "Parma Don", although a decent person, becomes the victim of her own irresponsible acts and develops into a "fanatic", and as most fanatics is impressed into her own visions and ideas of salvation, which in her case is a personal dream vision; a fleeing from reality. Her following is comprised of the flotsom and jetsom of any culture which comprises followers of varying agendas, obviously not part of her vision and some are of dubious character. Others in the story are much more endearing such as "Thrasne" the boat man and particularily "Medoor Babji", and the "Noor". Wonderful storytelling with the humanistic touch. Of course there is the usual proselytlizing, which is Tepper's trademark. This is a wonderful and beautiful world encircled by the River, which contains the mysterious "blight". And then this world has the very deadly "Servants of Abricor", the "Traish", beings of a very particular avarice.


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The Awakeners Northshore Southshore Sheri S Tepper Books Reviews

This is definitely not one of Tepper's major works, and that's too bad, because it starts with lots of potential. Unfortunately, it appears that she grows bored with her original premise, and the story soon degenerates into Tepper's stereotypical blend of Male-Bashing and hyper-conservative politics. The first book is solid, if cliched scifi/fantasy fusion, with Tepper's usual setup of a human colony on an alien planet. She throws out a bunch of promising concepts, such as the planet's lack of metal, which are unfortunately never used after their first introduction. By Book Two, most of the mythology introduced in Book One has become irrelevant, and the plot takes increasingly nonsensical turns, until Tepper finally arrives at the same horse she's beaten for three decades now Men are evil, sex is bad, (unless it's woman on woman sex, or woman on alien bestiality, or woman on emasculated man sex) and everyone, yes EVERYONE in the Universe except for the Tepper-surrogate Female Protagonist is a corrupt idiot.

If you're looking for superior works by Tepper, I suggest the Marianne novels, "After Long Silence", or, of course, her True Game novels. If you're looking for hard-core Feminist, anti-male politicizing, but done in an infinitely better way, read her "Gate To Women's Country." Or, if you really want to read The Awakeners, stop after the first book, because nothing that happens in the second adds anything at all to the original story.
I enjoyed the book (Sheri Tepper is one of my favorite writers). This book (combo of two volumes) definitly has a plentitude (?) of twists, plotting, romance, and details. Once started I didn't want to put it down....HOWEVER, while you learn a LOT about the Thraish, the Talkers, and the Trecci...it is rather annoying that more detail and attention was not given in developing the Strangeys, their contribution to life on the planet, and the conclusion of the Lila substory. In some ways it feels like the needed explanations were cut out in the editing and unfortunately, the result left me feeling that there is a fairly large hole in the narrat sligtly wanting. Ultimately it was hard for me to give an rating - I think 3 and a half stars really more accurately reflects my feelings.
Sheri S. Tepper is one of my favorite authors for making me think outside the box. Tepper's characters are so detailed, the story so absorbing, the ending, so unpredictable. For her excellent writing, she is one of my favorite authors. With every novel she writes I never know what to expect, but I know it will be something excellent and something that makes me think deeply about human life. The Awakeners (North Shore and South Shore) is a two book series that depicts a society that is awakening in order to examine what is happening to a very structured fantasy society that has accepted everything it was told to accept. When the societal structure begins to break down it is very interesting to watch the characters in their different positions deal with it. If you like sci fi, futurism, or fantasy you will enjoy each book she writes. Actually, this looks like they put both books together in one and if the publishers did that it would be so much better. Each of her books are fantastic to read. They are each so amazingly and creatively detailed that it boggles the mind how she comes up with such rich and exciting senarios. I love the way I never know the ending of Tepper's novels. Her books are excellently written, very fun to read, have a message, and Tepper's books have a way of changing the way you look at the world. I love it!!!
Great, speedy delivery. Just as described. No complaints.
I am a fan of Sheri Tepper, having first read Grass about 10 years ago. As her books become available, I have purchased them, all except for the Juvenile series. While her vision of a post-apolcalyptic world in various universes has many of the same themes (Matriarchy, crazed Patriarchies), her protagonists are alway unexpected and sympathetic. I LIKE the female characters, whether in The Gate to Women's Country or the Margarets.
My copy is missing pages 161-192. I have no idea what's going on.
This review is from the Hardback edition of NorthShore/SouthShore published as "The Awakeners" . I prefer Tepper's older books and this story along with the "Revenants", I guess, are among my favorites. The best Tepper I believe is "The Marianne Trilogy", which includes "The Matchbox, and the "Malachite Mouse". Anyway, this story is very poetic and evocative. The Heroine, "Parma Don", although a decent person, becomes the victim of her own irresponsible acts and develops into a "fanatic", and as most fanatics is impressed into her own visions and ideas of salvation, which in her case is a personal dream vision; a fleeing from reality. Her following is comprised of the flotsom and jetsom of any culture which comprises followers of varying agendas, obviously not part of her vision and some are of dubious character. Others in the story are much more endearing such as "Thrasne" the boat man and particularily "Medoor Babji", and the "Noor". Wonderful storytelling with the humanistic touch. Of course there is the usual proselytlizing, which is Tepper's trademark. This is a wonderful and beautiful world encircled by the River, which contains the mysterious "blight". And then this world has the very deadly "Servants of Abricor", the "Traish", beings of a very particular avarice.