Robert Turtle

Across Primordial Landscapes (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In volume three of the Beasts of Instruction trilogy, prehistoric beasts are intrigued by civilization but aren't dependent on it because they eat grass and leaves the same as their less intelligent equine relatives. Like young Benjamin Franklin, beasts believe that freedom of thought is the foundation of wisdom. Their associates the water primates have less leisure and fewer opportunities to reflect on the world around them and their place in it. For beasts, being herbivorous is both liberating and limiting. They seek out and put up with water primates because they have hands and easily accomplish tasks beasts can't. Because of their lack of dexterity, the beasts realize that understanding how the world works requires skills in trades as well as in arts and letters. Parents of younger readers should review this book for violence and sexual content.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Robert Turtle
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780463046081
• Artikelnr.: 54871848

Autorenporträt

I turned to writing ecological science fiction after helping design and build remote sensing instruments used to monitor environmental changes on earth from space. Thinking about the way the lives of animals are constrained by their environment fired my imagination. The characters in my novels were chosen partly in reaction to William Blake's aphorism "The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction," and I wondered what it would be like if animals felt remorse. Nama and Westwind's reflections are akin to those described by Mary Austin in her short story "The Walking Woman."