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What a curious mix of emotions.

Where to start with Sheri S. Tepper? As a novelist she’s been around since 1983, when her first book in the True Game series was published. Before creating multiple stories set in one universe was a “thing”, Ms. Tepper was doing it. From “The True Game”, to “Grass” - she crafted tales that stood on their own yet all existed together.

(Interestingly, “The True Game” wasn’t the first book she submitted for publication - the publisher had received and liked her first novel “The Revenants”, but felt it was too confusing for a debut author to lead with. They asked her to write something for the young adult audience at the time which is how we ended up meeting Peter, Jinian, Silkhands the Healer and Mavin Manyshaped.)

Which brings us back to “Fish Tails”; at times I found myself laughing, out loud. Actual laughter.
All at the delight of the absurdity of Ms. Tepper’s storytelling - and then my face was wet with just a few tears as I remembered this is our last outing together. Knowing she’s said this is her last book I’ve both enjoyed at how fast the story moved and sorrowed at how quickly the time passed.

“Fish Tails” picks up at the end of her career while taking us right back to the beginning. Her last cycle of books - “A Plague of Angels”, “The Waters Rising”, and “Fish Tails” loop back into the worlds introduced in the True Game series. (“The True Game”, “The Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped", “The End of The Game” - The 3 omnibus editions each consisting of 3 books apiece).

Ms. Tepper knows how to write the growing discomfiture of menace; things unseen making their silent arrival. (Her horror books are worth searching out if you enjoy a good scare.) The danger the characters find themselves in feels palpable from the page. For the first 3/4 of the novel this is built, hinted at, and then somewhat abruptly - resolved.

For me this was the only shortcoming of the story - the perhaps tad too neat ending - but, being this is her goodbye to characters created some 30 years ago perhaps a little neatness that wasn’t afforded to Mavin back then is kindly given to Abasio and Xulai now.

For those of us wanting more action from Silkhands, Jinian and Mavin, we’re left wanting more. They are truly minor supporting characters here - with Abasio and Xulai (joined by newcomers Grandma, Needly and Willum) once again front and center for the narrative.

Still clearly evident is Ms. Teppers eco/feminist slant on stories. Her sorrow at the corruption of religion to put certain dogma first before all others, the willingness of humans to destroy their habitat - all are trumpeted loud and clear and often. If you haven’t enjoyed that part of Ms. Tepper’s writing before, you’re not going to like it here.

It’s never bothered me, and I always come away from her novels feeling filled up with words and ideas - “Fish Tails” being no exception.

I have read (and proudly own) every other book she has written - bought right when they came out. I’m thrilled to have this new story, and heartily recommend it if you’ve enjoyed her earlier works. If you’re completely new to Ms. Tepper you may want to start out with her amazing work “Beauty” or even “The Waters Rising” before diving into this.

From experience her characters end up residing in your head for years after you’ve long finished the novel. Take a chance and invite some of them in.


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Fish Tails A Novel Sheri S Tepper 9780062304582 Books Reviews

Sheri Tepper is always creative, coherent, and wise in her view of mankind's destruction of the earth and the attitudes needed to stop it. Unfortunately, this is not her best work. It could use heavy editing to reduce it to perhaps half its length. Many of the human characters are tedious in their overwroughtness or brattiness played out in far too much detail. Near the end, however, the pace quickens with the arrival of the droll alien Fixit, and the conclusion is eloquent and compelling. As usual, too, the talking animals are always engaging.
I looked forward to this book for years, nearly two decades since the events hinted at in the ending of 'Jinian Star-Eye' (released in 1986). For the most part, literally the majority of the novel, this was a stand alone story with no mention of things gone past. The story is good, the characters are well developed, the plot is interesting and if I hadn't been expecting the final installment in the story of Mavin, Jinian and Peter I'd have given this four or five stars. But it only gets three for the disappointment I felt.
I'm giving this book 4 stars because I love the author's overall body of work since the publication of The Gate To Women's Country. Sadly, this last book in the trilogy is not up to her usual standards, but it brings the story to a close and is worth reading for that reason alone. The problem with this novel is the nearly interminable conversations and the lack of action. It did get me interested in re-reading her other novels, some of which I've downloaded onto my .
I really enjoy Sherri Tepper stories. Her writing is thought provoking . Unfortunately this book does not appear to have been proof read or edited adequately.

The beginning of Fish Tails is particularly difficult as whole passages are repeated. Throughout this book there are mispellings, references to characters comments when those characters are not present, and unneeded repetition. The story does become more interesting and more like I would expect from Ms Tepper ,but it does not live up to her other books.
This novel neatly wraps up much of her early work. This is a story about a inter galactic eugenicist called fixit who ensures the survival of the good humans and the extinction of the bad through centuries of fiddling.

The bad humans are base creatures with the instincts and intellect of animals but less worthy than animals who are relocated to another human free planet for their safety while the earth is flooded.

In a post apocalyptic world, . both groups of people are violent but the good people are not always aware of the deaths that they cause. When they are aware, it is accepted casually. The bad people and human descended creatures are essentially wild animals in human bodies.
I am a fan of Sherrie Tepper. She hooked me decades ago with The Revenants (wish I could find a copy of that today) and she went on to reel me in with every other book of hers I read.

Fish Tails took it over the top. I loved reading it from the opening page through the sort of parable at the tail end. There were no slow sections or parts I didn't like. Even when I thought I could see what was coming next -- and being a writer myself, I can be pretty good at that -- she just never failed to surprise me.

It had been a while since I had read anything by her, and when I started Fish Tails I remember remarking to myself that I had forgotten what a joy it is to read Sherrie Tepper. If you're already a fan, you won't be disappointed with this book. If you're not familiar with Tepper's writing, you are in for a serious treat.

I prefer to write positive reviews. This one was REALLY easy to write.
What a curious mix of emotions.

Where to start with Sheri S. Tepper? As a novelist she’s been around since 1983, when her first book in the True Game series was published. Before creating multiple stories set in one universe was a “thing”, Ms. Tepper was doing it. From “The True Game”, to “Grass” - she crafted tales that stood on their own yet all existed together.

(Interestingly, “The True Game” wasn’t the first book she submitted for publication - the publisher had received and liked her first novel “The Revenants”, but felt it was too confusing for a debut author to lead with. They asked her to write something for the young adult audience at the time which is how we ended up meeting Peter, Jinian, Silkhands the Healer and Mavin Manyshaped.)

Which brings us back to “Fish Tails”; at times I found myself laughing, out loud. Actual laughter.
All at the delight of the absurdity of Ms. Tepper’s storytelling - and then my face was wet with just a few tears as I remembered this is our last outing together. Knowing she’s said this is her last book I’ve both enjoyed at how fast the story moved and sorrowed at how quickly the time passed.

“Fish Tails” picks up at the end of her career while taking us right back to the beginning. Her last cycle of books - “A Plague of Angels”, “The Waters Rising”, and “Fish Tails” loop back into the worlds introduced in the True Game series. (“The True Game”, “The Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped", “The End of The Game” - The 3 omnibus editions each consisting of 3 books apiece).

Ms. Tepper knows how to write the growing discomfiture of menace; things unseen making their silent arrival. (Her horror books are worth searching out if you enjoy a good scare.) The danger the characters find themselves in feels palpable from the page. For the first 3/4 of the novel this is built, hinted at, and then somewhat abruptly - resolved.

For me this was the only shortcoming of the story - the perhaps tad too neat ending - but, being this is her goodbye to characters created some 30 years ago perhaps a little neatness that wasn’t afforded to Mavin back then is kindly given to Abasio and Xulai now.

For those of us wanting more action from Silkhands, Jinian and Mavin, we’re left wanting more. They are truly minor supporting characters here - with Abasio and Xulai (joined by newcomers Grandma, Needly and Willum) once again front and center for the narrative.

Still clearly evident is Ms. Teppers eco/feminist slant on stories. Her sorrow at the corruption of religion to put certain dogma first before all others, the willingness of humans to destroy their habitat - all are trumpeted loud and clear and often. If you haven’t enjoyed that part of Ms. Tepper’s writing before, you’re not going to like it here.

It’s never bothered me, and I always come away from her novels feeling filled up with words and ideas - “Fish Tails” being no exception.

I have read (and proudly own) every other book she has written - bought right when they came out. I’m thrilled to have this new story, and heartily recommend it if you’ve enjoyed her earlier works. If you’re completely new to Ms. Tepper you may want to start out with her amazing work “Beauty” or even “The Waters Rising” before diving into this.

From experience her characters end up residing in your head for years after you’ve long finished the novel. Take a chance and invite some of them in.