Nor Crystal Tears
by Foster, Alan Dean
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- Paperback
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Del Rey/Ballantine, 1982. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 3rd Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback original. Before Man and insectlike Thranx had become allies, when the reptilian AAnn were just occasional raiders of Thranx colony worlds, one young Thranx agricultural expert lived a life of quiet desperation. A dreamer in a world of sensible, stable beings, Ryo buried himself in his work - reclaiming marshland from a tenacious jungle - until he came across a letter describing a relative's encounter with horrid, two-legged, soft-skinned space-going beasts.In this novel, Alan Dean Foster begins the story of the human - Thranx Commonwealth, the background against which are set his extremely popular novels: The Tar-Aiym Krang, Bloodhype, Orphan Star and The End of the Matter. 231 pages. Prev. owners name on FFep. Some light rubbing on top & bottom of spine and some places on outside edges. Spine is creased. 5" crease on rear cover across left bottom corner. 1" crease on top right corner of front cover..
Synopsis
Nor Crystal Tears is a first contact novel about the meeting of the insect-like thranx and humans written by Alan Dean Foster that started the Humanx Commonwealth. It is written from the perspective of the thranx and the cultural lens through which they encounter "alien" humans. Foster would further expand on this theme, using another (unrelated) alien race, the furry Quozl in their eponymous novel.
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- Title
- Nor Crystal Tears
- Author
- Foster, Alan Dean
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New York, NY, U.S.A.: Del Rey/Ballantine, 1982
- Keywords
- FICTION GENERAL SCIENCE SCI-FI FANTASY 0345291417 &
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