Enchantress From the Stars
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jazzfishSylvia Engdahl, Enchantress From the Stars
This is a fairy tale about a dragon, and the young woodcutter's son who set out to slay it, and the Enchantress who provided him with the charm he needed against the dragon.
This is a science-fiction story about a culture that takes the Prime Directive way too seriously, and three representatives from that culture who are trying to keep an invading Empire from overrunning a planet of peaceful though less technologically advanced natives.
This is a book about a young girl who falls in love with a man from a wholly different world, and the difficulties that that presents her with.
The shift in voice between the two perspectives could not be handled any better. You get a real sense of the clash of paradigms when Georyn (the woodcutter's son) narrates a series of events that you've just had described through Elana's eyes. The characters act consistently regardless of who's narrating; this, too, is a feat worthy of mention.
I found it an occasionally difficult read, but that was due to life imitating art and not any flaw in the book itself. Read this. You'll like it.
This is a fairy tale about a dragon, and the young woodcutter's son who set out to slay it, and the Enchantress who provided him with the charm he needed against the dragon.
This is a science-fiction story about a culture that takes the Prime Directive way too seriously, and three representatives from that culture who are trying to keep an invading Empire from overrunning a planet of peaceful though less technologically advanced natives.
This is a book about a young girl who falls in love with a man from a wholly different world, and the difficulties that that presents her with.
The shift in voice between the two perspectives could not be handled any better. You get a real sense of the clash of paradigms when Georyn (the woodcutter's son) narrates a series of events that you've just had described through Elana's eyes. The characters act consistently regardless of who's narrating; this, too, is a feat worthy of mention.
I found it an occasionally difficult read, but that was due to life imitating art and not any flaw in the book itself. Read this. You'll like it.