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    The Margarets
    The Margarets
    The Margarets
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    The Margarets

    By Sheri S. Tepper

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    The myriad alien civilizations populating far, distant worlds have many good reasons to detest the blight called "humankind" . . .

    The only human child living in a work colony on the Martian satellite Phobos, little Margaret Bain has invented six imaginary companions to keep boredom and loneliness at bay. Each an extension of her personality, they are lost to her when she is forced to return to Earth. But they are not gone.

    The time will come when Margaret, fully grown and wed, must leave this dying world as well—this Earth so denuded by thoughtlessness and chemistry that its only viable export is slaves. For now Margarets are scattered throughout the galaxy. And their creator must bring her selves home . . . or watch the human race perish.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061842146
    The Margarets
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    Sheri S. Tepper

    Sheri S. Tepper is the author of more than thirty resoundingly acclaimed novels, including The Waters Rising, The Margarets, The Companions, The Visitor, The Fresco, Singer from the Sea, Six Moon Dance, The Family Tree, Gibbon's Decline and Fall, Shadow's End, A Plague of Angels, Sideshow, and Beauty; numerous novellas; stories; poems; and essays. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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    • 3/5
      *Review contains spoilers*I'm quite conflicted on this book. On the one hand, I found it really hard to get in to, and reading it took nearly six months. On the other hand, I hit the end, and immediately turned to the beginning and started again. I have no memory of ever doing this with a book before.The story is beautifully, intricately plotted, with at least seven separate plot threads. And then it ends with everyone turning out to be powerful, or heirs to a monarchy, and things like that. Happily ever after is okay, *in moderation*. I really liked the conceit that the whole story was based on. I just wish bits of the story hadn't made my skin crawl.I hadn't twigged that one of the characters was male until right near the end, which means that I completely missed the homosexual subtext the first time. Said homosexual subtext, when I spotted it the second time, is very 'well, fine, but *just don't do anything*'. Theme seemed to be 'bad of you to be in love with your same sex friend, but as long as the love is pure, and all you do is angst/pine/gaze from afar, this doesn't make you a bad person'.This made me very cranky.
    • 5/5
      2019 reread: I love this book (as is obvious from my rating)! Tepper has very definite opinions on things and as I generally am of the same opinion, it isn't surprising that she is one of my favorite authors. One reason that I like this book so much is that in the end, the human race is saved from itself by being given the gift of information, in this case a racial memory. Some individuals refuse to accept this information but are dealt with by being contained. I have often been amazed at the way people believe what they want to believe despite facts to the contrary so this solution is very satisfying to me!
    • 4/5
      I love how she marries very complex plots with really engaging characters. This book is more complex than most but more delicately wrought than some of Tepper's previous work.
    • 5/5
      another exceptional book from Sheri Tepper.
    • 4/5
      I kept catching myself reading this book slowly 1) because it had a very complicated storyline which followed seven different characters and 2) to make it last longer. As usual, Tepper delivered a fascinating and thought-provoking read, but, unfortunately the ending was less than satisfying and I’m afraid the environmental message may be too heavy-handed for some readers.

      Some of the setting involving more advanced races and less advanced races reminded me a teensy bit of The Uplift Trilogy by David Brin. And the revelation of who has been orchestrating things for humanity reminded me a teensy bit of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
    • 1/5
      I want to love Sheri Tepper's writing, and sometimes I do... but this wasn't one of those times. This felt like a lengthy outline more than a book; the pacing was erratic and very few of the Margarets were fleshed out enough to become characters rather than bit pieces in an intergalactic game. The storyline held promise, but I never felt it delivered; in fact, at many critical moments, I found myself rolling my eyes. I hate admitting that about a book I wanted to like. I keep coming up with excuses for Tepper-- maybe, maybe the deadline was rushed and she couldn't flesh things out as much as she'd like to, maybe she wanted to write another book more...

      Moreover, I found it disconcerting the way complex ideology -eco-feminism, to be precise- was applied to flatly good and evil characters. Whole races are evil. Some people are apparently born bad and it is alright to sterilize them without their consent or even informing them (I'm referring specifically to the astonishingly large parade of conjoined twins). It makes me profoundly uncomfortable to read this in stories that are meant to have a progressive message.
    • 4/5
      In Earth's not-so-very distant future, we've basically killed the planet and continue to severely overpopulate it. An alien organization lays down the law regarding how humans are to fix this problem or else, and while the laws stop short of cruel, they are harsh. Margaret is an Earthian of above-average intelligence growing up on a Mars colony with her parents. Once she hits her twelfth birthday, every major life decision she makes causes her to split in two with one Margaret traveling each of the resulting life paths. The novel follows all of the Margarets through their lives, each of which adds a piece to the puzzle of how Earthians got so rotten at being custodians of a planet anyway. Tepper does a remarkable job of weaving her various story-lines together and of keeping the reader abreast of which Margaret is which. The overall story arc is a bit frustrating (Tepper almost, but not quite, hides the damn ball and that drives me nuts), but on the whole the novel does a good job envisioning a world and playing around in it.
    • 3/5
      The good: worthy theme (overpopulation), a nifty central concept of seven different versions of the central protagonist "splitting off" at crucial points in her life, and interesting use of various motifs. The bad: as didactic as anythings she's ever written, too many fairly hollow characters (who I feel I've encountered in any number of the author's books), and pretty much all of the weight of the book is in the very long set-up. So, all in all, it has the feeling of a slightly paint-by-numbers Tepper.
    • 5/5
      Set in a dystopian future where mankind has completely filled the Earth, destroying virtually all other life on the planet, Margaret’s consciousness splits off at critical moments in her life to create 7 parallel Margarets all living completely separate lives. The entire Earth is at breaking point. We desperately need to trade with alien cultures to obtain raw materials such as water – and the only thing we have in abundance is people. So one of the Margarets is sold as a slave, others leave Earth to become settlers, workers and translators on other planets. Eventually they must come together to solve the riddle, with help from various mysterious friends, in order to reach the mythical Keeper and request a boon which will save all of mankind.I loved this book! The story is quite difficult to follow and it can feel disjointed as the narrative jumps from one Margaret to another – so it is not for the faint-hearted! But it contains powerful messages about law and justice, slavery, environmental destruction and the nature of good and evil, all woven into a compelling story line and set in richly imagined alien worlds. One of Tepper’s best!
    • 4/5
      A mixture between sort of "hard" SF and mysterious spiritual stuff. Several storylines make it quite intriguing.
    • 4/5
      I loved the concept and conclusion of this novel more than the execution. The whole species-memory notion is a great concept that I would love to read more of in spec-fic. However there were some elements of this story that felt decidedly clunky and off to me, including the fact that there were species considered supposedly more evolved/civilized/deserving-to-exist than humans, but whose behavior was abhorrent and reprehensible. All in all a very worthwhile read - just hang with it through the clunkiness.
    • 4/5
      I have a feeling she is going to become a favorite. Often great descriptions of aliens.
    • 4/5
      I am thoroughly addicted to Tepper, so bear that in mind. I really enjoyed The Margarets, and was very glad I bought it. As usual with Tepper, it includes a complex plot and occasionally overbearing feminism. For me, this only adds to the charm, but if you're not at least tolerant of feminism, Tepper may not be the author for you. I found the writing very engaging and the Margaret characters realistic (in a weird, sci-fi sort of way) and likeable. The book kept me hooked in, always wanting to find out what was going to happen next. While the ending was slightly more predictable than Tepper's norm, the path to that ending was a mystery until the end, which makes for good reading. Its not my favorite Tepper novel, but I definitely enjoyed it and will enjoy rereading it in a couple of years.
    • 3/5
      I've found all of the Sheri S. Tepper books that I’ve read to date have been quite unusual, and they've potentially been a little difficult to read at times because of this. However, they've also felt almost startling in their originality, and thematically I've found them rich and rewarding. This was no exception.In this book, Tepper depicts a future Earth, depleted of resources, and ravaged by pollution and over-population. I was intrigued and frightened by her descriptions of the consequences of our neglect of the environment in which we live, and the various sacrifices and trade-offs (with other alien races) that humans have to make as a result. Tepper uses the various scenarios in the book to make interesting points about human nature, the environment, diversity, tolerance, language, and hypocrisy.I loved the premise of this book, which sees various parts of Margaret's personality split off as different people at different stages of her life, and then live vastly different lives, each in a different part of this universe.I enjoyed the story, but overall, I thought it was a good, possibly very good, but not a great, book. I’m still processing, however, and reserve the right to revise my opinion upwards with time, as I did with The Gate to Womens Country.
    • 4/5
      It seems daft to say it about a novel of just over 500 pages, but I would have preferred to have a bit more of The Margarets. Sheri S Tepper creates a fascinating universe with many different planets, races, religions and alliances, but owing to the epic scope of the story we only get tantalising glimpses of each, little snapshots of each of the Margarets' lives. Nevertheless, I found this to be an enjoyable and involving read. Tepper's brand of feminism is not exactly the same as my own, but she still gives me plenty of food for thought.
    • 3/5
      Sheri S. Tepper conceives worlds that are marvelous to behold, and are always a joy to sink into and read about. This book starts off a little slow and confusing, and I probably would get more of the back-story and gain a better understanding with a second read.Nonetheless, once I was immersed it was hard to put down this tale of seven different versions of Margaret and their lives in the galaxy.Sadly, like most Tepper books it lacks a satisfying ending. She brings us in to her space and drops us abruptly back into our own with some sort of end, but never an end that one might hope for. Nevertheless, I still liked it and will probably pick it up again someday.
    • 2/5
      In 'The Margarets: A Novel', the heroine undergoes a physical and somewhat mystical split of herself into seven separate characters, each unaware of the existence of the others. Metaphorically the group entire seems to be intended to represent 'woman' in her many facets. The story of each character is told separately, and the stories of some characters are quite interesting in the descriptions of their individual life tasks and the nature of the alien races they come in contact with. The story proposes that overpopulation of the Earth has led to restrictions on population which are enforced by alien races for the sake of the planet, and the people who exceed the limit, including the seven Margarets, are shipped off to other worlds. But some of the alien races are not benevolent in their use of the population excess, to say the least, and in fact have other designs on Earth than to save it from itself. Omniscient God - a God of all worlds - becomes a part of the plot, and the seven Margarets seem intended to fulfill a prophecy about salvation of all. Salvation by the strength of womankind is one of the trademarks of Sheri Tepper's work. Evidencing another common characteristic, the plot is an intricate framework that hangs together quite well.This is the fourth novel by Sheri Tepper I've read, and I feel it's much weaker than the rest. The "evil creatures" seem like cardboard cutouts, foolish and unintelligent. In contrast, the heroine in all of her incarnations is far too clever. She has setbacks, but her judgement is always infallible and it seems that everyone else instantly recognizes her wisdom and pays attention to what she says. There can be no one so perfect, and no one's good judgement is so unanimously recognized, and so neither the main character(s) nor the villains are very believable. As a result, there is never a sense of great danger and the denoument lacks power. Nevertheless, it is quite fascinating to see how the separate threads of the story come together.The premise of the book is somewhat disturbing. Curbing the reproductive rate in most places on Earth would indeed be a great charity for our species, but the book seems to abandon all hope for our species on the real earth, because in the entire book, there is no useful movement coming from humanity itself to achieve the required end. If the impending doom the author writes of is to be avoided, we must ourselves take action, not rely on some alien race to save us. Probably this is precisely the author's point. However, the book is written without any display of hope that our species can save itself. It makes for an unsatisfying and unmotivating read.Another more disturbing aspect of the book's premise is that, if you know what is best for other people, it is quite acceptable to force it to happen through manipulation of those people, no matter how much distress or emotional anguish it might cause them. If something is in fact "best" for those who are affected, there is some justification for making it happen. The problem is that it is not up to us to decide what is best for others who are competent to decide their own destiny. Acting paternalistically towards the "ignorant other" has led to horrible abuses of humanity in our history, and too often the goal turns out not even to be a useful one. Multiple examples can be cited. One must ask, who is so brilliant, so far-seeing, that their judgement should be completely trusted and they be given the right to manipulate the history of another people separate from themselves? There is no such person or group of people. And thus one of the fundamental concepts of 'The Margarets' is inherently flawed and even severely unethical. For me, the end does not justify the means, and I was never able to get past the abuse of power that serves as a primary foundation of the plot.The paternalistic premise of the book is quite ironic, because the author has struggled valiantly for her entire life against the abuse of power in society. Sheri Tepper is an author whose principles I deeply respect and appreciate, but this is one book of hers which I cannot recommend because of its ethical flaw and the difficulty of enjoyment that ensues. Somehow the author failed to apply her principles to her own plot. Or quite possibly it was written as a fantasy in which her own best wishes and hopes for the world, impossible to realize by dint of her own efforts, could be enforced despite all the obstinate resistance she has observed pervading the world throughout her life. In its way, 'The Margarets' is a novel of despair, though one does not sense it so much from the text. I hope Sheri Tepper will write another novel in her earlier mode, one such as Beauty or Plague of Angels, or Raising the Stones, which I highly recommend. We look at the world and sometimes wonder how it can ever be made better, and it is more the encouragement of hopeful books, not despairing books, that helps us keep hoping and trying to make a difference.Despite my thoughts, the book was on the short-list for the 2008 James W. Tiptree award. Obviously some find aspects of the book that make it worth reading.
    • 5/5
      Tepper is one of my favorite authors, and I have been reading a lot of her lately anyway, so I was really itching to read the new book. I really enjoyed it, too. It was a little complicated, with one woman being split into seven alternate people, but they each had distinct personalities that made it easier to keep track. It was a really fascinating book, with only intermittent heavy-handedness. This book was similar to The Visitor, but much better at showing the end rather than degenerating into a chapters-long explanation. The explaining that did happen was interrupted by action, and everything was not explicitly lectured on. The explicit lecturing that did happen made sense within the story. I highly recommend this book.
    • 3/5
      When humanity makes contact with other species, they are forced to depopulate the Earth or be sold for scrap. As a child, Margaret creates six imaginary identities. These identities become real, and are the key to a quest for a solution to the human problem of ecological awareness. One of Tepper's better novels.

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