![]() The habitat where Away Is a Strange Place to Be ( 1990) take place is more Dystopian. Return to Earth ( 1980), set a millennium hence in a vast Space Habitat and on Earth, humanizes a thriller plot through its close portrayal of a growing friendship between an old man and a young girl – friendship between generations being unusually evident in Hoover's work. ![]() ![]() The protagonist of The Rains of Eridan ( 1978), set on an Alien world where scientific stations are assaulted by waves of seemingly unnatural fear, uncovers the mystery without betraying the methods and goals of science. Hoover soon showed her competence with a wide range of venues and themes, though she retained an emphasis (perhaps surprising, but challenging) on the Dystopia and on various kinds of Ruined Earth: The Delikon ( 1977), for instance, investigates a political revolution against an Alien occupier of Earth, which has been treated as roughly as its Imperialist citizenry had been treating the natives of other planets. ![]() The first of these were Children of Morrow ( 1973) and its sequel, Treasures of Morrow ( 1976), a Ruined Earth sequence which, in describing a reactionary state and its pro- Technology successor, plumps cautiously for the latter the books demonstrate a smoothly searching style and a grasp of character. (1935-2018) US author, all of whose novels of sf interest have been written for the Young Adult market or as Children's SF for younger readers. ![]()
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