The Caterpillar's Question
by Piers Anthony, Philip Jose Farmer (Author)
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Jack is hired to drive a mute, crippled girl across the country, he follows her into the mountains and through the gateway to another world.Tags
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This was an odd book with lots of fantastical creatures. The plot was truly unique. It is definitely is full of possibilities. The stories that could be based in a world like this are endless. I found the purpose of the Imago to be kind of ironic. The Gaol really don't want to give up their power. I did find the love interest a bit odd. She was a bit young for him but the authors had a unique solution for that also. Overall, a unique fantasy book.
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Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob was born in August, 1934, in Oxford, England. He graduated from Goddard College in Vermont in 1956. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen while serving in the United States Army in 1958. He served in the U.S. Army from 1957-1959. In 1977, he received a British Fantasy Award for A Spell for a Chameleon. Anthony's show more family emigrated to the United States from Britain when he was six. Highly popular because of his science fiction and fantasy works, Anthony is also known for the Jason Striker series and martial arts novels co-written with Roberto Fuentes. A highly prolific author, Anthony's other works include Bio of a Space Tyrant, Cluster, and the Omnivore series. Anthony makes his home in Tampa, Florida. He also writes under the pseudonym Robert Piers. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Philip José Farmer was born in North Terre Haute, Indiana on January 26, 1918. He worked in a steel mill while attending Bradley University at night and writing in his spare time. In 1952, his story The Lovers, in which a human has sex with an alien, was published in a pulp magazine called Startling Stories and won him the Hugo Award in 1953 for show more most promising new author. He quit his job to become a full-time writer, but a string of misfortunes eventually forced him to take jobs as a manual laborer. He worked as a technical writer from 1956 to 1970, but continued writing science fiction. He finally found success in the 1960's with the Riverworld series. He wrote more than 75 books throughout his lifetime including the Dayworld series and the World of Tiers series. He also wrote short stories. He won the Hugo award for best novella in 1968 for Riders of the Purple Wage and for best novel in 1972 for To Your Scattered Bodies Go. In 1988, he was the recipient of the Writers of the Past Award and the Nova for best book for Riverworld. In 2001 he was awarded the Grand Master Award and the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award. He died on February 25, 2009 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Tappy Concord; Jack; Malva
- Important places
- Green Mountains, Vermont, USA
- First words
- Man hatte Jack mitgeteilt, daß man es für psychosomatisch hielt.
They had told Jack they thought it was psychosomatic. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Das muß er wohl gemeint haben."
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"That msut have been what he meant."
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- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
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