مادر بهشت: نامزد جایزه رمان سال انجمن علمی تخیلی بریتانیا ۲۰۱۵

Mother Of Eden Has Been Shortlisted For The British Science Fiction Association Novel Of The Year Award, 2015. 'we Speak Of A Mother's Love, But We Forget Her Power. Power Over Life. Power To Give And To Withhold.' Generations After The Breakup Of The Human Family Of Eden, The Johnfolk Emphasise Knowledge And Innovation, The Davidfolk Tradition And Cohesion. But Both Have Built Hierarchical Societies Sustained By Violence And Dominated By Men - And Both Claim To Be The Favoured Children Of A Long-dead Woman From Earth That All Eden Knows As Gela, The Mother Of Them All. When Starlight Brooking Meets A Handsome And Powerful Man From Across Worldpool, She Believes He Will Offer An Outlet For Her Ambition And Energy. But She Has No Idea That She Will Be A Stand-in For Gela Herself, And Wear Gela's Ring On Her Own Finger. And She Has No Idea Of The Enemies She Will Make, No Inkling That A Time Will Come When She, Like John Redlantern, Will Choose To Kill... A Tale Set 150 Years After The Events Of Dark Eden Finds The World Of John Redlantern And The Family Transformed By A Thriving Civilization That Hides Underlying Evils Realized By Young Starlight Brooking When She Lands At The Center Of A Power Struggle. Civilization Has Come To The Alien, Sunless Planet Its Inhabitants Call Eden. Just A Generation Ago, The Planet's Five Hundred Inhabitants Huddled Together In The Light And Warmth Of The Forest's Lanterntrees, Afraid To Venture Out Into The Cold Darkness Around Them. Now, Humanity Has Spread Across Eden And Two Kingdoms Have Emerged. Both Are Sustained By Violence And Dominated By Men- And Both Claim To Be The Favored Children Of Gela, The Woman Who Came To Eden Long Ago On A Boat That Could Cross The Stars And Became The Mother Of Them All. When Young Starlight Brooking Meets A Handsome And Powerful Man From Across Worldpool, She Believes He Will Offer An Outlet For Her Ambition And Energy. But She Has No Inkling That She Will Become A Stand-in For Gela Herself And Wear Gela's Fabled Ring On Her Own Finger- Or That In This Role, Powerful And Powerless All At Once, She Will Try To Change The Course Of Eden's History.--back Cover. Chris Beckett. Series Statement From Page Preceding Page 3 Of Cover. 'We speak of a mother's love, but we forget her power. Power over life. Power to give and to withhold.' Generations after the breakup of the human family of Eden, the Johnfolk emphasise knowledge and innovation, the Davidfolk tradition and cohesion. But both have built hierarchical societies sustained by violence and dominated by men - and both claim to be the favoured children of a long-dead woman from Earth that all Eden knows as Gela, the mother of them all. When Starlight Brooking meets a handsome and powerful man from across Worldpool, she believes he will offer an outlet for her ambition and energy. But she has no idea that she will be a stand-in for Gela herself, and wear Gela's ring on her own finger. And she has no idea of the enemies she will make, no inkling that a time will come when she, like John Redlantern, will choose to kill .. From a rising star of British SF comes a richly imagined, thought-provoking sequel to Dark Eden, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award, 2013. Mother of Eden has been shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Novel of the Year Award, 2015.