{"product_id":"shanidar-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Shanidar: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Zindell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the most human thing a human being can do?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe question of what it means to be human lies at the heart of these stories of inner and outer adventures of the human spirit. In \u003cem\u003eShanidar\u003c\/em\u003e, a restless, overly civilized man tires of the oppressive existence of the trillions of citizens of the Civilized Worlds spread across the stars. Goshevan seeks a different way of living, a way to be new. His quest takes him to the world of Icefall, home to the Order of Mystic Mathematicians and Other Seekers of the Ineffable Flame (and also the topological nexus of the galaxy). In the city of Neverness, whose streets are colored ice, he finds cutter who carks his body into the shape of the Neanderthal-like Alaloi who have long ago peopled the frozen islands west of Neverness. For the Alaloi, like Goshevan, have their own dreams of how human beings should live in a deadly and incomprehensible universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Dreamer's Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e, some of the same Elidi birdmen who dwell in Neverness have been enslaved and made to work in a mine. They, too, are dreamers; in fact, without the dreams of the one who tells them stories of flying free across open, blue skies, they cannot survive. In \u003cem\u003eCaverns\u003c\/em\u003e, survival is not the problem, but the scientist Richard Stone faces the cruelest of decisions: should he remain human for the sake of the woman he loves or should he become something incomprehensibly more? \u003cem\u003eWhen The Rose Is Dead\u003c\/em\u003e puts the survivors of war in the Endless City through the hell of memory and forgetting - and explores the possibilities of overcoming death through remembering those we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShanidar And Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e opens the gateway to \u003cem\u003eNeverness\u003c\/em\u003e, the internationally bestselling novel that introduces the epic \u003cem\u003eA Requiem For Homo Sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy. If you enjoy big-idea science fiction that explores the possibilities of radical transformation, transcendence, and explorations of consciousness, memory, and evolution - all wrapped up in page-turning stories - you'll love this book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy \u003cem\u003eShanidar And Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e today to join in the ancient quest to discover what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52543194136883,"sku":"9781657242494","price":23.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/K2ZYUjAwNDNsYWdGOW14K3VQM0pVdz09.webp?v=1760921960","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/shanidar-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}