Earthseed - Tapa blanda

Praise for EARTHSEED: * ALA Best Books for Young Adults selection, 1983* Booklist Young Adult Reviewer's Choice selection, 1983* NYPL Books for the Teen Age selection, 1984 * "A melding of the psychological and the high adventure story, this gripping, emotion-evoking narrative is the first young adult novel by the author of "Watchstar" and other adult science fiction."--Starred review, "Booklist" on "Earthseed" * "The story is thought-provoking and full of odd surprises."--"School Library Journal" on "Earthseed" * "This fascinating novel is very reminiscent of the better Heinlein juveniles (particularly "Tunnel in the Sky")...a very impressive novel....should not be overlooked."--"SF Chronicle" on "Earthseed" Praise for EARTHSEED: * ALA Best Books for Young Adults selection, 1983* Booklist Young Adult Reviewer's Choice selection, 1983* NYPL Books for the Teen Age selection, 1984 * " A melding of the psychological and the high adventure story, this gripping, emotion-evoking narrative is the first young adult novel by the author of "Watchstar" and other adult science fiction." -- Starred review, "Booklist" on "Earthseed" * " The story is thought-provoking and full of odd surprises." -- "School Library Journal" on "Earthseed" * " This fascinating novel is very reminiscent of the better Heinlein juveniles (particularly "Tunnel in the Sky")...a very impressive novel....should not be overlooked." -- "SF Chronicle" on "Earthseed" Praise for EARTHSEED: * ALA Best Books for Young Adults selection, 1983* Booklist Young Adult Reviewer's Choice selection, 1983* NYPL Books for the Teen Age selection, 1984 * "A melding of the psychological and the high adventure story, this gripping, emotion-evoking narrative is the first young adult novel by the author of "Watchstar" and other adult science fiction."--Starred review, "Booklist" on "Earthseed" * "The story is thought-provoking and full of odd surprises."--"School Library Journal" on "Earthseed" * "This fascinating novel is very reminiscent of the better Heinlein juveniles (particularly "Tunnel in the Sky")...a very impressive novel....should not be overlooked."--"SF Chronicle" on "Earthseed"

Deep within its core, Ship carries the seed of humankind. Sent into space to fulfil the final destiny of the human race, all of Earth's brightest hopes are in the genetic material stored aboard Ship. Now, over a century later, Ship has created Zoheret and her shipmates from its genetic banks. It has found a home for its children on an uninhabited, earth like planet, but its passengers are not ready to leave - what do they really know of living on a hostile, open surface, alone and unaided by the living machine that has been mother, father, and teacher for all their lives? To prepare them, Ship devises a "survival test." Suddenly, instincts that have been latent for over one hundred years take over. Zoheret watches friends become strangers - strangers and enemies. Can Zoheret and her companions overcome the biggest obstacle to the survival of the human race-themselves?