Paul Park's The Starbridge Chronicles Series
Description: Where the seasons last for generations, hard winter makes for hard religion. The worlds of the solar system are the hells through which all souls must incarnate on their journey to Paradise; all, that is, but the Starbridges, nobles who serve to enforce the "divine will." Paul Park's work in this series has received two Locus Poll Award nominations and an Arthur C. Clarke Award nomination.
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Soldiers of Paradise [Starbridge Chronicles 1]
by Paul Park
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Where the seasons last for generations, hard winter makes for hard religion. The worlds of the solar system are the hells through which all souls must incarnate on their journey to Paradise; all, that is, but the Starbridges, nobles who serve to enforce the "divine will." In the lowest slums of the city-state of Charn, a Starbridge doctor and a drunken prince defy the law to bring medicine to the poor and hear the story-music of the refugee Antinomials, a wild people who shun words, infidels pre... more info>> (Published: 1987) Locus Poll Award Nominee, Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee
Words: 115539 - Reading Time: 330-462 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Sugar Rain [Starbridge Chronicles 2]
by Paul Park
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The second book in the Starbridge Chronicles, Sugar Rain relates the stories of Thanakar and Charity Starbridge during the revolution that ended the first book in the series, Soldiers of Paradise. The generations-long winter has drawn to a close, and with it the power of the tyrannical Starbridge theocracy that maintained order during the years of hunger. But a cruelly pragmatic priest has set the stage for a new faith, and even those who defy him seem fated to play out roles that will inevitabl... more info>> (Published: 1989) Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 125637 - Reading Time: 358-502 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Cult of Loving Kindness [Starbridge Chronicles 3]
by Paul Park
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In the third and final book of the Starbridge Chronicles, more than two generations have passed since the events of Sugar Rain, and barren tundra has given way to fecund, steamy jungle at the height of summer. Deep in the forest, a twin boy and girl grow up among a strange race of philosophers, oblivious to the outside world, where the secular regime is now as fanatical and orthodox as the old religious one. When their home is invaded, the pair take flight. Among the new faith called The Cult of... more info>> (Published: 1991)
Words: 99538 - Reading Time: 284-398 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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