The Face of the Waters
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| The Face of the Waters | |
.jpg/200px-TheFaceOfTheWaters(1stEd).jpg) Cover of first edition (hardcover) |
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| Author | Robert Silverberg |
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| Cover artist | Jim Burns |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Grafton |
| Publication date | 1991 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 363 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-246-13718-5 |
The Face of the Waters is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, first published in 1991.
[edit] Plot introduction
The Face of the Waters takes place in the far future, on a penal planet, inhabited by convicts and their progeny. The planet is Hydros, an oceanic planet whose inhabitants live on artificial floating islands.
After a human offense against the natives of Hydros, the human population of the island of Sorve are ordered to leave. Forbidden all other islands, in a flotilla of ships they seek the semi-mythical island of the Face of the Waters.
