The Houses of Iszm and Other Stories
The inhabitants of a planet called Iszm, a species known as the Iszic, have evolved the native giant trees into living homes, with all needs and various luxuries supplied by the trees' own natural growth. The Iszic maintain a jealously-guarded monopoly, exporting only enough trees to keep prices high and make a great profit. The protagonist, Ailie Farr, is a human botanist who goes to Iszm (like many others before him, of many species) to steal a female tree, which might allow the propagation of the species off world and break the monopoly.This volume includes two short novels, previously published separately - the title story, and Nopalgarth…
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- ISBN: 978-0-575-10991-9
- EAN: 9780575109919
- Produktnummer: 22935803
- Verlag: Orion
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 172 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 461 KB
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