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by Sheri S. Tepper

Author:	Sheri S. Tepper
Subcategory:	Fantasy
Language:	English
Publisher:	Orb Books; Reprint edition (July 15, 1994)
Pages:	512 pages
Category:	Fantasy and Science Fiction
Rating:	4.2
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Sheri S. Tepper was born Shirley Stewart Douglas on July 16, 1929 near Littleton, Colorado. She held numerous jobs before becoming a full-time author including working at Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood from 1962 to 1986, eventually becoming the executive director. In the early 1960s, she wrote poems and children's stories under the name Sheri S. Eberhart. In the 1980s, she became a feminist and science fiction/fantasy writer.

The Awakeners: Northshore & Southshore (The Awakeners, Published July 15th 1994 by Orb Books. Author(s): Sheri S. Tepper. Paperback, 512 pages. ISBN: 0312890222 (ISBN13: 9780312890223).

The Awakeners : Northshore and Southshore. Part of the The Awakeners Series). I've been a great fan of Sheri S. Tepper's for years, but somehow I missed this book, perhaps because it was published before I started her books

The Awakeners : Northshore and Southshore. Tepper's for years, but somehow I missed this book, perhaps because it was published before I started her books. But this is vintage Tepper: a great plot, compelling and interesting characters and even a message about the nature of humans. Don't miss this one! A complex, carefully crafted, exciting fantasy ride.

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The two books, Northshore, and Southshore are wonderful. Her books follow a basic theme of despair to redemption. These two novels are set in a time and place where The World River flows Westward and no one can move Eastward due to 'religious' dictate.

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The Awakeners: Northshore & Southshore. Come to the world of the River. And meet Thrasne, a young boatman who trades from town to town, free from the iron control of the towers of the Awakeners, and the priests of the world of the River-free, that is, as long as he never speaks his mind. These two, by design and accident both, are about to discover many truths. And on the Northshore of the River, the truth can kill you. Read online.

And that's all Blint had written down six, seven years ago when he'd been by last. Probably some fisherman moving west had come to Baris and decided piers would be a good idea.

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Come to the world of the River.

Come to a world distant in time and space, a world where the pace of life is counted by tides of the great River, but where, as in the river itself, there are swift dark currents flowing under a placid surface.

Meet Pamra Don--a young woman scarred by her mother's death, lured to a preist-hood where the truth must be hidden from the faithful. And meet Thrasne, a young boatman who trades from town to town, free from the iron control of the towers of the Awakeners, and the priests of the world of the River--free, that is, as long as he never speaks his mind. These two, by design and accident both, are about to discover many truths. And on the Northshore of the River, the truth can kill you.

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santa

This review is from the Hardback edition of NorthShore/SouthShore published as "The Awakeners" . I prefer Tepper's older books and this story along with the "Revenants", I guess, are among my favorites. The best Tepper I believe is "The Marianne Trilogy", which includes "The Matchbox, and the "Malachite Mouse". Anyway, this story is very poetic and evocative. The Heroine, "Parma Don", although a decent person, becomes the victim of her own irresponsible acts and develops into a "fanatic", and as most fanatics is impressed into her own visions and ideas of salvation, which in her case is a personal dream vision; a fleeing from reality. Her following is comprised of the flotsom and jetsom of any culture which comprises followers of varying agendas, obviously not part of her vision and some are of dubious character. Others in the story are much more endearing such as "Thrasne" the boat man and particularily "Medoor Babji", and the "Noor". Wonderful storytelling with the humanistic touch. Of course there is the usual proselytlizing, which is Tepper's trademark. This is a wonderful and beautiful world encircled by the River, which contains the mysterious "blight". And then this world has the very deadly "Servants of Abricor", the "Traish", beings of a very particular avarice.

Black_Hawk_Down.

My copy is missing pages 161-192. I have no idea what's going on.

Nakora

I am a fan of Sheri Tepper, having first read Grass about 10 years ago. As her books become available, I have purchased them, all except for the Juvenile series. While her vision of a post-apolcalyptic world in various universes has many of the same themes (Matriarchy, crazed Patriarchies), her protagonists are alway unexpected and sympathetic. I LIKE the female characters, whether in The Gate to Women's Country or the Margarets.

Nawenadet

Great, speedy delivery. Just as described. No complaints.

Dorintrius

Sheri S. Tepper is one of my favorite authors for making me think outside the box. Tepper's characters are so detailed, the story so absorbing, the ending, so unpredictable. For her excellent writing, she is one of my favorite authors. With every novel she writes I never know what to expect, but I know it will be something excellent and something that makes me think deeply about human life. The Awakeners (North Shore and South Shore) is a two book series that depicts a society that is awakening in order to examine what is happening to a very structured fantasy society that has accepted everything it was told to accept. When the societal structure begins to break down it is very interesting to watch the characters in their different positions deal with it. If you like sci fi, futurism, or fantasy you will enjoy each book she writes. Actually, this looks like they put both books together in one and if the publishers did that it would be so much better. Each of her books are fantastic to read. They are each so amazingly and creatively detailed that it boggles the mind how she comes up with such rich and exciting senarios. I love the way I never know the ending of Tepper's novels. Her books are excellently written, very fun to read, have a message, and Tepper's books have a way of changing the way you look at the world. I love it!!!

Hono

I enjoyed the book (Sheri Tepper is one of my favorite writers). This book (combo of two volumes) definitly has a plentitude (?) of twists, plotting, romance, and details. Once started I didn't want to put it down....HOWEVER, while you learn a LOT about the Thraish, the Talkers, and the Trecci...it is rather annoying that more detail and attention was not given in developing the Strangeys, their contribution to life on the planet, and the conclusion of the Lila substory. In some ways it feels like the needed explanations were cut out in the editing and unfortunately, the result left me feeling that there is a fairly large hole in the narrat sligtly wanting. Ultimately it was hard for me to give an rating - I think 3 and a half stars really more accurately reflects my feelings.

Hilarious Kangaroo

Ms. Tepper has a fabulous command of the language and weaves engaging scenarios and presents us with fascinating characters, but the story line stutters a bit too often. The ending was too abrupt and Lila disappeared with barely a whisper. The strangeys remained too strange (who were they, where did they come from and why?) I never fully grasped why the Awakeners dosed the dead with Tears to wake them up--- later in the book it was implied that this was for the Thraish which seemed odd since the Talkers wanted 'live' twitching food (yikes!) and the fliers were content with the dead... so what was the deal with the zombie-like folks.
At any rate, I did like the book very much- and perhaps wanting to have more loose ends resolved and story lines completed shouldn't make me give The Awakeners just three stars, but that's all it gets from me.

I couldn't put this book down. It's so well-conceived, the characters are accessible and interesting, the story was multi-facetted and solemn. I'm not sure Amazon.Com will know to recommend this to you, but if you love in-depth stories with characters you come to know, in political and social situations that are captivating and real-seeming, you should not only read "The Awakeners" but you should also consider Richard Adams lesser-known book "Maia" for a similarly involving, detailed story. I highly recommend both books!

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