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The Cost to Be Wise

(2007)
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Awards
1997 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee)

Set on a distant planet, this is a gripping tale about a colony that believes in "appropriate technology adoption". When a heavily armed clan arrives at the colony, while it's being visited by off-world anthropologists, events spiral out of control, and the colony's beliefs are put to the test. The story is told from the viewpoint of a young woman - who soon learns just how high the price of wisdom can be.


Genre: Science Fiction

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