Raising the Stones

If you enjoy Sheri Tepper's work, you should love this book. It deals with religion in an educated, yet satirical manner. An excellent read, and quite uplifting. I lend it out so often I live in fear of losing track of my copy.

A few years ago I wandered into my local newsagent to buy a paper, and thought I'd check out their bookshelf. A book caught my eye for the simple reason of its having a yellow cover. I picked it up, read the blurb on the back, and figured I may as well buy it. Well, I was hooked within two paragraphs! This book has every thing-- love, hate, gods, monstrous evil, sacrifice, redempton, miracles. Sheri S. Tepper writes a prose so lovely it can make you cry, her characters are 'real' people.... in fact, the only complaint I have is that her books come to an end. But then even the endings are satisfying, so what can I do but go and buy another? Read "Raising The Stones", read anything that has Sheri S. Tepper's name on the cover!

This book is for everyone, not just science fiction fans. From the gentle slopes of a backwater agricultural world to the rocky shores of a decadent male-dominated military civilization, Tepper takes us on a tour de force journey through the human heart and mind. Encompassing the very natures of Love and Hate, the roles of innocence and compassion within society, the depredations of sexism and greed and the last bastion of human salvation, forgiveness, this tale brings us face to face with our own reflections. Tepper deftly weaves the reader's own emotions into her complex yarn, making us hate and making us fall in love; teaching us to forgive but never forget. If you have ever loved at all, if you have ever felt the hardness of hatred and the blessing of forgiveness, then this is the book for you. Here is that rare book that you will treasure forever and compell all of your friends to read as well.

This book is always on loan, my wife & I love it and so does everyone who reads it. The bad guys are really bad and the good guys are really good. This book makes you laugh, cry and THINK. We recommend it!

How would the world react if it were in danger of losing the will to dominate? Tepper has woven a tale about a universe filled with unfeeling dominators into which an alien lifeform is injected which makes antagonism impossible. Of course, as the lifeform begins to spread, the bosses don't like it. Well-written and suspenseful. This should have become a classic