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Whipping Star (1970) is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. It is the first full-length novel set in the ConSentiency universe established by Herbert in his novelette "The Tactful Saboteur". The main theme of the novel is the difficulty of simply communicating with a truly alien species.
Plot summary
In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species: Gowachin, Laclac, Wreaves, Pan Spechi, Taprisiots, and Caleban (among others) and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern among the species. After suffering under a tyrannous pure democracy which had the power to create laws so fast that no thought could be given to the effects, the sentients of the galaxy found the need for a Bureau of Sabotage (BuSab) to slow the wheels of government, thereby preventing it from legislating recklessly....
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Plot summary
In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species: Gowachin, Laclac, Wreaves, Pan Spechi, Taprisiots, and Caleban (among others) and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern among the species. After suffering under a tyrannous pure democracy which had the power to create laws so fast that no thought could be given to the effects, the sentients of the galaxy found the need for a Bureau of Sabotage (BuSab) to slow the wheels of government, thereby preventing it from legislating recklessly....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipping_Star
http://rapidshare.com/files/201653349/Whipping_Star.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/201659192/Whipping_Star.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/201663572/Whipping_Star.part3.rar