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Want to visit another world? It might not be as easy as you think.
When Kaer’s extended family signs up to emigrate to Linnea, a planet known for horses as large as houses and dangerously mistrustful natives, Kaer is certain the move will bring the divided household closer together. What none of them are prepared for is the grueling emigration training in the Linnean dome, a makeshift environment designed to be like Linnea in every possible way, from the long, brutally harsh winters to the deadly kacks— wolf-like creatures as tall as men.The training is tough, but Kaer’s family is up to the challenge. Soon they begin working like Linneans, thinking like Linneans, even accepting Linnean gods as their own. The family’s emigration seems to be just around the corner.
But then, a disaster on Linnea itself changes everything.
Want to visit another world? It might not be as easy as you think.
When Kaer’s extended family signs up to emigrate to Linnea, a planet known for horses as large as houses and dangerously mistrustful natives, Kaer is certain the move will bring the divided household closer together. What none of them are prepared for is the grueling emigration training in the Linnean dome, a makeshift environment designed to be like Linnea in every possible way, from the long, brutally harsh winters to the deadly kacks— wolf-like creatures as tall as men.The training is tough, but Kaer’s family is up to the challenge. Soon they begin working like Linneans, thinking like Linneans, even accepting Linnean gods as their own. The family’s emigration seems to be just around the corner.
But then, a disaster on Linnea itself changes everything.
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David Gerrold is the author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated The Man Who Folded Himself, When Harlie Was One, and the Chtorr, Dingillian, and Star Wolf series. He also wrote "The Trouble with Tribbles" episode of Star Trek, which was voted the most popular Star Trek episode of all time. He lives in Northridge, California.
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In an era when Earth's scientists are opening multiple gateways to parallel worlds, Kaer is a precocious 12-year-old with an unusual dream. Linnea, one of the worlds being settled, is a haven for beautiful, oversize horses, and Kaer yearns to relocate there with her large, multiparent family. To decontaminate settlers and prepare them for crossing the gateways, gargantuan domes that simulate the more promising worlds have been built, and after embracing Kaer's dream, her family begins the arduous process of adapting to life in the Linnean dome. Visions of a utopian frontier paradise quickly vanish as hardships multiply, and learning a new language proves maddeningly difficult. Yet Kaer's family pulls even more tightly together, and the adventure builds when Kaer is given a surprising mission: to visit Linnea ahead of schedule. Gerrold's blending of adolescent space adventure and cultural extrapolation resembles a hybrid of Heinlein's juvenile novels and Le Guin's future primitive world sagas. Readers hooked by Kaer's quest can look forward to the two further volumes of a projected trilogy. Carl Hays
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