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Oar is the last of her kind -- a resident of the so-called "planet of no return," once the Admiralty's dumping ground for undesirables and those who had become expendable. Oar's transparent body is indestructible.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- James Alan Gardner
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 373
- Publisher
- Avon, HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060848316
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First sentence
“This is my story, the Story of Oar.”
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