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Hailed for his grandeur of imagination and superb worldbuilding, winner of and nominee for more than fifty awards for his outstanding work, Mike Resnick has rightfully won a place as one of science fictions master storytellers. Now, in , Resnick presents the haunting and utterly compelling tale of one mans utopia.By the twenty-second century in the African nation of Kenya, polluted cities sprawl up the flanks of sacred Mount Kirinyaga. Great animal herds are but distant memories. European crops now grow on the sweeping savannas. But Koriba, a distinguished, educated man of Kikuyu ancestry, knows that life was different for his people centuries agoand he is determined to build a utopian colony, not on earth, but on the terraformed planetoid he proudly names Kirinyaga.As the witch doctorKoriba leads the colonists. Reinstating the ancient customs and stringent laws of the Kikuyu people, he alone decides their fate. He must face many challenges to the struggling colonys survival: from a brilliant young girl whose radiant intellect could threaten their traditional ways to the interference of Maintenance which holds the power to revoke the colonys charter. All the while, only Koribaunbeknownst to his peoplemaintains the computer link to the rest of humanity.Ironically, the Kirinyaga experiment threatens to collapsenot from violence or greedbut from humankinds insatiable desire for knowledge. The Kikuyu people can no more stand still in time than their planet can stop revolving around its sun.Deeply moving, swiftly paced, and profound in its implications, is Mike Resnicks most triumphant work to date. His Fable of Utopia is the book every science fiction reader will want to own and savor for years to come.