Acts of Conscience
#5374 of 8,085 books · #1113 in Science Fiction
Shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award (1998).
Space construction worker Gaetan du Cheyne tries to defend the native life forms of Green Heaven from the planet's human colonists, who hunt the creatures for sport or slavery.
- Publisher
- Grand Central Pub
- ISBN-13
- 9780446672511
- Genre
- Topics
- Colonialism and exploitationEnvironmental defense of alien lifeMoral conscience and activism
Awards
- Philip K. Dick AwardShortlisted(1998)
Other awarded books from William Barton
- The Transmigration of Souls (1996)0 wins · 2 score
- When We Were Real (1999)0 wins · 2 score
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