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Wow. When I finish a book by Sheri Tepper, all I can do is open it right back up reread the beginning. Truly an underappreciated master of science fiction.

This particular book belongs in the Weird category, and is a good exponent of a particular late 80s/early 90s oeuvre that also includes Hyperion.
It's a bit confusing at times, making my head spin, but in the end it's a masterpiece. A beautiful masterpiece that could never be made into a movie. Not these days.

Intriguing. I've read [b:Grass 104342 Grass (Arbai, #1) Sheri S. Tepper https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348772895s/104342.jpg 14066792] years ago, so I noticed some of the references there, even though I've forgotten just about everything. [b:Raising the Stones 104348 Raising the Stones (Arbai, #2) Sheri S. Tepper https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387719424s/104348.jpg 879710] I've never read; perhaps that would've helped.In any case, this was an interesting read – quite convoluted and perhaps somewhat too long, but the story did cover some fascinating philosophical ground for interventions, gods, diversity and what not. Not Tepper's best book, by far, but worth reading.