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, and all this in fine writerly language, said Judith Merril on the publication of Gotliebs Flesh & Gold last year. Now the story continues and 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. The best SF novel I have read in years, reminiscent of the very finest work of James Tiptree, Jr. and Ursula K. Le Guin. Superbly plotted, ingeniously imaginative, complex yet accessible, compellingly readable and decorated with evocative poetry, both human and alien. ~ The Globe and Mail on Flesh & Gold Flesh & Gold is a finely honed thriller.... a fine addition to a major oeuvre. ~ The Edmonton Journal Phyllis Gotlieb fans and readers will love this book. ~ The Ottawa Citizen on Flesh & Gold

Phyllis Gotlieb lives in Toronto, Canada.

"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