num_pages: 297
description: Since the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker 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. 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.
language: English
title: The Carpet Makers
titlecomplete: The Carpet Makers
genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Mystery, Short Stories, Novels, German Literature, Germany, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 4492
series: Carpet Makers Universe
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman Étranger, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Premio Ignotus
category: Mejor Novela Extranjera, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Deutscher Science Fiction Preis
category: Bester Roman, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Prix Bob Morane
category: roman traduit
publisher: Tor Books