![]() Lalelelang’s mother toyed with the three traditional drinking utensils in front of her. In that they were no different from the majority of their allies. It was a support that had never wavered, one as strong as their desire to shun actual combat. Like every other member race of the Weave, they had sponsored the war against the Amplitur from the beginning, over a thousand years ago. It was a responsibility the Wais took seriously. Even among their detractors there was no denying that Wais society and civilization represented the zenith of Weave culture, one that other species could only aspire to emulate even when Wais action (or lack of it) proved exasperating. Sometimes this engendered a mixture of contempt and envy among the other members of the Weave, who would deride the Wais for their manners and formalities while secretly admiring their ability to develop or find beauty in everything. In socialization as in everything else, the Wais found beauty in definition. Where possible the Wais preferred to restrict the size of their cities to less than five million but more than one. Home to slightly more than two million, the community of Turatreyy was one of the larger on Mahmahar, and its inhabitants were proud to call it home. In such a setting it was the larger structures that looked like interlopers and not the other way around. Architecture that emphasized the harmonious while intertwining with gardens and parks made sure of that. On the contrary, it barely resembled a city at all, much less the kinds of metastacizing metropolises one found on the Hivistahm or O’o’yan worlds. Not that the city had the slightest overtone of urban sprawl. The vast number of gardens and parks demanded by custom and aesthetics further contributed to the large areas occupied by even modest conurbations. Mahmahar was not that heavily populated, but since by law no structure could be more than four stories tall, expansion was predominantly horizontal. From their present height they could see much of the city spread out before them, an urbanized extravagance that covered a vast amount of territory. You know that we all do.” They reposed on the slightly raised dining platform on the external lip of the restaurant. “I wish that you would not do this thing. Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (By: Isaac Asimov,John M.THE SPOILS OF WAR The Damned - 03 Alan Dean Foster 1 ![]() ![]() Isaac Asimov's Robots (By: Isaac Asimov,Rob Chilson) Isaac Asimov's Aliens (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) Farber,Richard Kearns,Shawna McCarthy,Leigh Kennedy,Gregg Keizer,Kristi Olesen) Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard,Scott Baker,Lillian Carl,Juleen Brantingham,Lee Killough,Ian McDowell,Daphne Castell,Sharon N. Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (By: Connie Willis,George R.R. Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (By: Shawna McCarthy) Smith,Cherie Wilkerson,Julie Stevens,Sydney J. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,Lee Killough,Mary Gentle,Mildred Downey Broxon,Shawna McCarthy,Sharon Webb,Leigh Kennedy,Stephanie A. ![]() Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own (By: Connie Willis,Ursula K. Izzo,Paul David Novitski,Lee Russell,Seth S. Gwynplaine MacIntyre,William Tuning,Francis E. Rothman,Elizabeth Anne Hull,Sharon Webb,Somtow Sucharitkul,Lee Weinstein,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,F. Ford,Jack Williamson,Darrell Schweitzer,John Brunner,Juleen Brantingham,Martin Gardner,Richard Wilson,Milton A. Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far (By: Isaac Asimov,Frederik Pohl,Carter Scholz,Barry B. Ford,Arnie Bateman,Martin Gardner,Randall Garrett,Rob Chilson,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,Richard S. Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction (With: Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Phyllis Eisenstein,Gene Wolfe,Barry B. Return to Lost City (By: Scott Ciencin,Alice Alfonsi) A Land Apart from Time (By: James Gurney)
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