The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss is a quiet and introspective science fiction novel set on a generation starship populated by Quakers escaping a dying Earth. The book focuses on the daily lives, relationships, and decision-making processes of the characters as they debate whether to colonize a newly discovered planet or remain on the spaceship they have called home for generations. Gloss's writing style is described as literary, character-focused, and richly descriptive, with a slow-paced narrative that delves into the inner thoughts and emotions of the characters rather than fast-paced action.
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Content warnings include depictions of suicide, illness, aging, depression, and discussions of trauma.
From The Publisher:
Leaving a dilapidated Earth behind, Quakers across the globe pool funds and resources as they select colonists to send to a newly discovered planet to start life anew in this "miraculous fusion of…science fiction with unsparing realism and keen psychology" (Ursula K. Le Guin).
In this "carefully conceived and deeply affecting" (The New York Times) novel, award-winning author Molly Gloss turns her attention to the frontiers of the future. A group of Quakers band together to abandon the ailing Earth, and travel to a settle a whole new world. The Dazzle of Day is their story.
"The Dazzle of Day is a heartbreakingly good book...a rare dream of a book, passionate and lyric. The Dazzle of Day allows us to see our own world, our own present, more profoundly" (San Jose Mercury News).
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About the Author:
Molly Gloss is a fourth-generation Oregonian who now lives in Portland on the west side of the Tualatin Hills. She is the author of five novels: The Jump-Off Creek, The Dazzle of Day, Wild Life, The Hearts of Horses, and Falling from Horses, and one collection of stories, Unforseen. Her awards include the Oregon Book Award, a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, the PEN West Fiction Prize, the James Tiptree Jr. Award, and a Whiting Writers Award; and her short story, "Lambing Season" was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Her work often concerns the landscape, literature, mythology, and life of the American West.
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