Pennterra (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Judith Moffett
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cultural exploration
- Time of Work: Around 2500
- Setting: The newly discovered planet Pennterra
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Colonies or colonization, Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
Pennterra was the first science-fiction novel Judith Moffett published after turning from a successful career as a poet and teacher. An engrossing and moving story, it is most notable as a study in the psychological and ecological effects of human interaction with another species.
George Quinlan is a middle-aged widower, the parent of one son, Danny, whom he dearly loves. He is one of the leaders of a colony recently established by Quaker emigrants from Earth on a planet they have named Pennterra. The settlement has gone well, and the Quaker inhabitants...
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