The carpet makers by andreas eschbach6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() His second novel, Solarstation, won the other great German science fiction award, the Kurd Lasswitz Preis. In 1996, his first novel, Die Haarteppichknupfer ('The Hair Carpet Makers'), won one of the highest awards of German science fiction, the SFCD-Literaturpreis. Writer: Andreas Eschbach, Orson Scott Card About the AuthorĪndreas Eschbach was born 1959 in Ulm, Germany. ![]() Other Information: black & white illustrationsÄimensions: 14 x 1.7 x 21.6 centimeters (0.45 kg) ![]() What these strangers discover is beyond all belief, more than anything they could have ever imagined.Brought to the attention of Tor Books by Orson Scott Card, this edition of The Carpet Makers contains a special introduction by Orson Scott Card. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters they are so detailed and fragile that each carpet maker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime.This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself.But one day the empire of the God Emperor vanishes, and strangers begin to arrive from the stars to follow the trace of the hair carpets. Since the time of pre-history, carpet makers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. ![]()
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