The Margarets

"Updating the edgy, dystopian vibe of the 1960s new-wave SF, this is a sprawling, widescreen eco-parable that's also, thanks to veteran US novelist Teppers's keen eye for character, intimate and genuinely moving. Just extraordinary." -- Jonathan Wright FOCUS "Tepper is adept at social detail and coming of age stories. I'd recommend this." -- Andrew McKie THE TELEGRAPH "Tepper is an artful storyteller who makes you believe in technologies very close indeed to magic. Amid gruesome flashes of imagination, she has a heartfelt environmental message. Her resonant fable lingers in the memory." -- David Langford SFX "An engagingly inventive and readable fairytale for our troubled times." -- Lisa Tuttle THE TIMES "Part fable, part daydream, it is rich with the wisdom of grandmothers. There's a wry humour throughout and you feel Tepper has taken her own life apart, and examined it thoroughly and reassembled it gladly, not having found it wanting in the least." -- Guy Hayley DEATHRAY