Violent Stars

Phyllis Gotlieb is the four-star SF writer who creates real people dealing with complex social and metaphysical problems in scientifically knowledgeable situations, said Judith Merril on the publication of Gotliebs Flesh Gold. Now the story continues. Many of the same characters reappear in this intriguing sequel featuring both wonderful and terrible aliens, good and evil humans on many planets, and a series of murders aimed at wiping out opposition to a certain interstellar family corporation. Phyllis Gotlieb lives in Toronto, Ontario.

"If you have been wondering what a distinguished Canadian poet writes about when she writes science fiction, the answer is: sex and violence."--The New York Times Book Review

"[Phyllis Gotlieb is] a distinguished poet who first turned to science fiction in the 1960s...Violent Stars is above all a poet's novel;. Lyrical, beautifully written images of Ix assassins with bodies that flash strobe lights, shape-shifting robots, and telepathic reptiles sip in and out of scenes like visions from an LAD flashback. Gotlieb's language lifts her book from exotic thriller to literary achievement."--Maclean's Magazine