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An anthology of new stories set in Darkover spans the whole of Darkover history--from the days after the original landfall, through the Ages of Chaos, to the Pact of the Comyn, and to the coming of the Terrans. Reissue. ... Read more

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The title story alone deserves five stars!
Take your favorite Darkover novel, compress it into a few pages but leave all the emotional impact in place -- that's "The Keeper's Price."I notice that MZB and Lisa Waters kept coming back to Hilary Castamir's charcter, and I wish there had been a novel about her.:)

Leaving aside the brilliance of the title masterpiece, the rest of the collection is strong and well-organized.Even the stories I didn't like as much at first ("A Simple Dream" comes to mind, as does "Ambassador to Corresanti") have grown on me.I've read and re-read this collection probably twenty times in the past year.I still want to read it over again.These are wonderful stories!

I also appreciated how well-organized this collection and _Sword of Chaos_ were, and wish the anthologies had continued to print stories in approximate chronological order.

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Not Free SF Reader
The planet that these people live on has a mutated humanity, split into two dominant forms, the Simes and the Gens.

The former exists as a type of energy vampire, using the others as a food and energy source.

When a wealthy young man's girlfriend turns into a Gen, he realises that something is wrong, and tries to save her rather than sell her into slavery, basically.

Lichtenberg is the queen of character-driven drama
I first read this novel in high school, and it left quite an impression. The world of Sime/Gen is split into two groups. The dominant Simes who must kill and drain the energy fields of Gens to survive, and Gens, who are bred like cattle. Both Races are humanoid, except Simes have tentacle like appendages which come from their forearms when they are 'hungry.'

Rimon Farris is a son of a Gen breeder, a man who breeds and 'harvests's Gens to sell on the Sime market. When Rimon's girlfriend Kadi matures and develops Gen characteristics, Rimon will do anything to save her from the auction block.

This is an excellent series, sure to delight fans of science fiction and character-driven drama. The Sime/Gen conflict is interesting and creates believable tension throughout. Don't miss this one!

A must-read for anyone who cares about others
First Channel covers the beginnings of a new way of cooperation in a future world of impossible strifes and distrusts. When Rimon discovers his girl has 'turned out wrong', he risks his life to save her - and finds outthat she is the one capable of saving him. How they work out a new life ina hostile land, gather around them a few others who prefer cooperation overkilling, and found a new way of life is a good read on many levels:frontier adventure, relationship adventure , and learning to challenge oldassumptions.

I read it about twice a year, just for the joy of it.

This series should be reprinted!!!
I also read these books in years past.Both the channel series and the dashau series.I would like to get my hands on copies again and reread.They were inventive,with great character development.

Brilliant,InsightfulSeries;Extends the Reiki/Aikido concepts
The Sime-Gens Novels were the most innovative I have ever read. i wish they would return to print so that I could give them to others to read ... Read more

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Not Free SF Reader
In the Sime-Gen world, a Channel is a person that can take Gen energy and pass it to a Sime without doing any damage.

It also seems it is a bit of a kinky thrill sort of thing, as well.The catch is the not be afraid part.Bordering on the romance novel side of things these books.


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Following the end of the war in Sime~Gen: The Unity Trilogy, the two races have finally achieved peace. Now, they must simply learn to live in it. Included in this volume are:

To Kiss or to Kill, the new novel by Jean Lorrah: Jonmair’s destiny was death. Baird Axton made her want to live.

"Best of Fools," a new short story by Jean Lorrah: Tonyo found the music of life in Zhag. Could he face death to keep it?

"Personal Recognizance," a new novelette by Jacqueline Lichtenberg: For Vret the Secret Boards were the spice of life. For Ilin Sumz they were poison. ... Read more

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Includes a Sime/Gen story by Lichtenberg. ... Read more