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SUMMARY:The Fresco - Sheri S. Tepper - Part of our 2017 CONTACT season
DESCRIPTION:\n\nhttp://www.sciencefictionbookclub.org/pages/Contact:_Explor
 ing_our_greatest_hope\,_and_fear/\nThis novel is part of the Science Ficti
 on Book Club`s 2017 season. Where we will explore our greatest hope\, and 
 fear. Contact (http://www.sciencefictionbookclub.org/pages/Contact:_Explor
 ing_our_greatest_hope\,_and_fear/).\n\nSheri S. Tepper introduced a genera
 tion of women to Science Fiction with a voice as unique as it was celebrat
 ed. Known for works with a heavy feminist and ecological slant she also wr
 ote works that explored class\, religion and luckily for us\, First Contac
 t\, albeit of a type we`ve never seen before.\n\nSadly Sheri S. Tepper pas
 sed away on October 22nd and some of her many obituaries can be read here 
 (http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/10/sheri-s-tepper-1929-2016/)\, here (h
 ttp://www.tor.com/2016/10/24/sci-fi-and-mystery-author-sheri-s-tepper-1929
 -2016/)\, here (http://www.tor.com/2011/04/12/sheri-s-teppers-dystopias/)\
 , here (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/sheri-s-tepper-o
 bituary/) and here (https://www.sfwa.org/2016/10/memoriam-sheri-s-tepper/)
 .\n\nThe bizarre events that have been occuring across the world seem to h
 ave no bearing on Benita Alvarez-Shipton`s life. That is until she is appr
 oached by a pair of aliens asking her to transmit their messsage of peace 
 to the Powers That Be in Washington.\n\nHer obligation does not end once t
 he message is delivered\, however\, for the Pistach have offered their hum
 an hosts a spectacular opportunity for knowledge and enrichment\, with Ben
 ita as sole liasion between the two sentient races. The more she learns ab
 out the extra-terrestrials\, the more her appreciation grows for their cul
 ture\, their beliefs and their art - especially the ancient and mysterious
  Fresco that dominates their collective lives.\n\nBut the Pistach are not 
 the only space-faring species making their presence known on Earth. There 
 are others\, cold\, malevolent and hungry...\n\n
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