Dec 27, 2009

The/Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream Ragged World | The/Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream Ragged World

At a glance:

Author: Judith Moffett
Type of Work: Novels
Type of Plot: Science fiction—invasion story
Time of Work: 1990-2026
Setting: Earth
Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
Subjects: Future, Twenty-first century, 1990’s, AIDS, Earth, Environment or environmental health, Aliens, space
Locales: Earth

The Plot

The Hefn are a race of hairy, gnomelike aliens who exist in some kind of relationship with an unseen race, the Gafr. Though never made explicit, this relationship has overtones of servitude, worship, symbiosis, sex-uality, and procreation. In the seventeenth century, some of the Hefn rebelled against the Gafr and were punished by being marooned on Earth in England and Sweden. Their furtive nocturnal existence reinforced the legends of the mythical Hobs in England and tomtes in Sweden.

In 2006, the Hefn return for their crewmates but, unable to locate any...

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The/Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream Ragged World | The/Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream Ragged World

At a glance:

The Plot

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