The Farris Channel: Sime~Gen, Book Twelve

By Jacqueline Lichtenberg

The multi-generation saga of the founding of the legendary House of Zeor, that began with Rimon Farris's story in First Channel (Sime~Gen, Book Three), continued with the story of Rimon's son, Zeth Farris, Channel's Destiny (Sime~Gen, Book Five), now culminates with the story of Zeth's son, Del Rimon Farris, in The Farris Channel (Sime~Gen, Book Twelve). The Sime~Gen Series is the story of the House of Zeor, an institution that spans thousands of years and shapes human future history. The power behind its longevity and success is the love of two Souls who meet lifetime after lifetime, in tragedy and triumph, amidst an ever-growing cadre of friends, enemies, and supporters. But like real people everywhere, few of these Souls have any inkling of what they did to deserve their fates--or what to do to make things better. The greatest among them can only guess--and pay the price for their actions. Here is the price that Del Rimon Farris pays to convey his vision to his future descendants. A fantastic new entry in a bestselling science-fantasy series!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Release date: Jan 19, 2012
• ISBN: 9781434449917

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Reviews for The Farris Channel

[ninetiger_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Finally, the story of the founding of the House of Zeor by super Sime Channel Delri Farris from a loose association of forts, a must for any fan of the Sime Gen Universe. And that is an issue with the book. If you are new to the series and its main conflicts between humans mutated into a "predator" (Sime) and "prey" (Gen) relationship, you will have a hard time following the terminology and the metaphysics. Newbies should start with House of Zeor to be introduced to the series. Otherwise a solid read for faithful SG fans, but somewhat disappointing in its lack of description of the characters (I could never picture any of them in my mind, and so, could not form a bond), and an annoying overuse of Sime Gen terminology to describe what is occurring down to the last detail in almost every scene. This book is more tell than show, and it is surprising coming from such an excellent and experienced author. However, the back end of the book shines. It made me once again yearn for more stories in a world I have deeply missed for years.

[rivkat_2 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The story of the founding of the House of Zeor out of the collapse of previous attempts to have channels in junct territory. There’s a lot of politics and building new buildings as the remnants of the various Forts, all of which have failed, converge on Fort Rimon, where Rimon Farris struggles both with the challenges of leading a group of fractious and demoralized people and with his growing psychic powers, with the help of a mysterious new channel who believes that Farrises aren’t ordinary channels but rather the next stage in human evolution. If that seems a little incoherent, well. The mystical channel stuff was never my favorite part of the Sime/Gen universe, and even if it was yours you might be better off rereading Mahogany Trinrose, but the book does fill in some of the historical blanks, so maybe nostalgia justifies the read. Warning: the main villain is a pregnant Farris who goes off the rails for reasons that, while they could have been made more compelling in theory, came off like “woman decides that the proper reaction to mistreatment is to become EEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL.”