The Carpet Makers Review

Usually one book is enough to comprehend appreciate and like an author but after finishing the carpet makers i realized the scope of eschbach s imaginative horizon and i came to like him even more.

The carpet makers review.

Tor 24 95 304p isbn 978 0 7653 0593 0. The idea behind the story is in my opinion something unique. The carpet makers andreas eschbach author trans. Since a carpet maker can have only one heir he is obliged to kill any surplus male children.

It speaks to the depths of the meanings of religion and faith and truth and to the danger and terror of absolute power. I only gave the carpet makers 3 stars not because this was a bad story it is not that it is a good story and interesting read. The carpet makers tcm has both good quality. Carpet makers take several wives each chosen for the beauty and color of her hair.

It takes place in the far distant future but it doesn t go down tried and true path of spaceships and blasters. The concept is epic and deep the writing execution is resembling the carpet weaving in the story itself. While the carpet makers is technically science fiction it is a novel that addresses the wide variants of human nature of the best and worst people can be capable of. A good concept and a very good execution.

It is a novel whose messages and story will haunt after it is finished.