![]() ![]() “He could see nefshons the subatomic particles of memory and personality would come at his call. Koph enables rare individuals who take it to access the nefshons of the dead and to become Speakers to the dead. ![]() Barsk is the only planet where the wonder drug koph can be found. The Fant are not only known for their hairlessness, though. ![]() Only the Fant, divided into Elephs (uplifted Asian elephants) and Lox (African elephants), are disgustingly nude, with wrinkly gray, hairless skin, plus those giant flapping ears and the huge mobile nose. The Yaks, the Prairie Dogs, the Giant Anteaters, the Hares, the Sloths all the others have respectable pelts. Of the eighty-seven races (species) of the Galactic Alliance, the Fant are the only ones who are not furred. That’s not why Fant is reviled as abominations throughout the galaxy, though. Pizlo, Jorl, and Ryne are Fant, elephant-men of the planet Barsk, looking like a human with an elephant’s head great flapping ears and a trunk. 11)īut Chapter One is titled “Nothing But Lies”. Flapping his ears against the downpour he muttered a phrase heard by his students at least once a tenday for the past six decades. Clarity replaced certainty, composed of equal parts confusion and anger. The mental beacon that had guided him across the open water faded away. “Amidst torrents of rain and blasts of lightning, Ryne stepped from his boat onto the shore of the last island, the place where his life ended. ![]() You also need to read Barsk first because there is no synopsis here. Both have interstellar settings and are set in the far future when humanity is extinct and has been replaced by the descendants of uplifted animals. Barsk has such an unusual and unique plot that you should really read it before The Moons of Barsk. This is the sequel to Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard, reviewed here in 2016. NYC, A Tom Doherty Associates Book/Tor Books, August 2018, hardcover, $26.99 (430 pages), Kindle $13.99. Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. ![]()
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