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Star mother / Sydney J. Van Scyoc.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Van Scyoc, S.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Scyoc, Sydney J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction.
- Life on other planets--Fiction.
- Life on other planets.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 186 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- StarMother
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berkley Pub. : Distributed by G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1975]
- Summary:
- Ahna Swiss is a dogooder type. She arrives on an alien planet to help out some the local children, who are under threat because of their mutant status, and some religious conservatives that are not too happy about their existence. The whole society there could fall apart at any time, but Jahna finds out that the locals have plans for her, and new role, that of Starmother to these new children.
- Notes:
- Novel.
- Cover painting by Richard Powers.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket. Copy has library style protective cover over dustjacket.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 256387
- OCLC:
- 41770182
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