Full name: Paradise: A Chronicle of a Distant World

Author: Mike Resnick Year: 1989 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Barns&Noble Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780812507164 0812507169

Peponi, a distant world rich in wildlife and populated by a people without a high degree of technology, is "discovered" by mankind. Men arrive on the planet, then reap its riches. After years of subjugation, the natives finally begin to push for independence. While armed rebellion is put down, from its ashes a native leader, Bukon Pepon, is able to forge the various tribes together and gain independence from the Human government. Upon independence, most Men leave the planet for distant shores and dream their dreams of the paradise that Peponi once was. Other Men stay to create a new dream. But both Men and Pepons watch their economy and resources dwindle away as overpopulation, hunting, tribal factionalism, and the introduction of non-native species take their toll. Similar books: Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell by Pat Murphy Strong Arm Tactics by Jody Lynn Nye Frontera by Lewis Shiner At Winter's End by Robert Silverberg Green Eyes by Lucius Shepard The Cosmic Puppets by Philip K. Dick Saturn Rukh by Robert L. Forward Privateers by Ben Bova Banner of Souls by Liz Williams Mission Child by Maureen F. McHugh Psychohistorical Crisis by Donald Kingsbury Darkship Renegades by Sarah A. Hoyt The Phoenix Code by Catherine Asaro The Caryatids by Bruce Sterling And Chaos Died by Joanna Russ Will the Last Person To Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun? by Mike Resnick Second Contact by Mike Resnick The Land of Nod by Mike Resnick The Manamouki by Mike Resnick Contact by Carl Sagan