No? Then perhaps you may remember Tommy Bloome, the alienated kid who tried to assassinate our heroic General Norton in 1947?
Galouye (1968)įrom the back cover: “Do you remember Tommy Bloome, our beloved Leader who led the revolution that kept America out of World War II and established the worker’s state? In reality, I’m more interested in Tuttle’s output than Martin’s.Ģ. I procured Martin’s Songs of Stars and Shadow(1977) and Dying of the Light(1977) recently as well but have yet to read them. Initial Thoughts: I have yet to read anything other than a short story or two from Lisa Tuttle or George R. Maris finds herself battling to preserve the integrity of the flyers and to adjust to the new world she has helped create.”
Led by Val, an intense, brooding man, the one-wings begin to challenge everything that has been sacred to the flyers’ guild and Windhaven’s culture, including political neutrality and the custom of not bearing arms. Not all flyers are willing to accept those who are not flyer-born, and not all ‘one-wings,’ flyers who win wings in competition, share Maris’ love of the established flyers’ traditions. Maris wins her battle, but she must face the challenges her victory brings. She proposes that flyers be chosen on the basis of merit, so that only the best fly. Maris challenges flyer tradition when she speaks up for herself and her stepbrother, Coll, defending their right to pursue their individual dreams. And Coll wants nothing more than to be a singer, to spend his life traveling the planet by sea, composing and singing the songs that will carry legends and tales around the world. The daughter of a fisherman, she has no right to the wings of her stepfather, who will pass them on to his son, Coll. Maris of Amberly is land-bound-and she wants nothing more than to fly. Tradition also dictates that flyers will carry no weapons, and that they will remain politically aloof, detached from the messages they carry.
Tradition is strong in the flyers’ guild, and tradition has always dictated that new members must be the children of flyers, that wings can be passed only from a flyer to his oldest child. On this planet of small islands, monster-infected seas and stormy skies, the only means of regular communication between islands is the flyers, a society of men and women who carry messages from island to island, serving those who are land-bound. Survivors discovered that people could actually fly on this world, aided by the light gravity and dense atmosphere, and using wings made from a virtually indestructible metal fabric that had once been part of the starship. Vincent Di Fate’s cover for the 1st editionįrom the inside flap: “The planet Windhaven was settled by humans after the crash of a colony starship.
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