7177 dec4c45d-2b89-4141-a80a-bb0ab2f2084f Floating Worlds Cecelia Holland calibre (0.8.28) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1974-12-31T13:00:00+00:00 <p class="description">"On a par with Ursula LeGuin or Arthur C. Clarke."--Chicago Tribune"A magnificent novel.a colossal achievement.an instant contemporary classic."--Science Fiction Review"A.SF masterpiece."--Kim Stanley RobinsonWhen the Styths, a powerful and aggressive race of mutants from Uranus and Saturn, launch pirate raids on ships from Mars, Earth's Committee for the Revolution sets out to negotiate peace. The task falls to the resourceful and unpredictable Paula Mendoza. The initial meetings hold little hope for success--until Paula adopts a less conventional approach and appears to obtain her objective. But, the consequences for Paula prove considerable, when she finds herself on the floating cities of the Gas Planets, the tenuous, and only, link between Earth and the Styth Empire.A profoundly moving portrait of one determined and strong-willed woman.</p> EReads 0759286132 0AnCRfb7HWkC 9780575108257 w/floating-worlds-cecelia-holland/1103781681 731114 eng SciFi-Masterwork Science Fiction Fantasy