The Face of the Waters

The Face of the Waters

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name = The Face of the Waters
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image_caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
author = Robert Silverberg
illustrator =
cover_artist = Jim Burns
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Grafton
release_date = 1991
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 363 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-246-13718-5
preceded_by =
followed_by = "The Face of the Waters" is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, first published in 1991.

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.


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