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A great debut novel of war, religion, first contact and ecology – reminiscent of Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow – from a talented new voice in science fiction.
The mission should have been an easy one – send eight scientists, six Royal Marines, and a disgraced anti–terrorism officer 25 light years from Earth to determine the status of the missing Constantine colony, take scientific samples and data from the potentially rich planet, and return to Earth to forthcoming professional and financial reward.
But what no–one knows is that Cavanaugh's Star is a territory disputed by three alien races – and the mission's landed right in the middle of the demilitarised zone. The reclusive religious human colony that has somehow miraculously survived isn't pleased to see them, either. And the planet has its own secrets, in the form of an enigmatic alien named Aras.
Nothing in her tough police training can prepare Shan Frankland for keeping the peace between alien and human or even human and human as the conflicts escalate into outright violence, especially once a disastrous accident finds her carrying the secret of Constantine's survival – one that will make her the most hunted human in four worlds.
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Three separate alien societies have claims on Cavanagh's Star. But the new arrivals -- the gethes from Earth -- now threaten the tenuous balance of a coveted world.
Environmental Hazard Enforcement officer Shan Frankland agreed to lead a mission to Cavanagh's Star, knowing that 150 years would elapse before she could finally return home. But her landing, with a small group of scientists and Marines, has not gone unnoticed by Aras, the planet's designated guardian. An eternally evolving world himself, this sad, powerful being has already obliterated millions of alien interlopers and their great cities to protect the fragile native population. Now Shan and her party -- plus the small colony of fundamentalist humans who preceded them -- could face a similar annihilation . . . or a fate far worse. Because Aras possesses a secret of the blood that would be disastrous if it fell into human hands -- if the gethes survive the impending war their coming has inadvertently hastened. "
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An unlikeable protagonist.......2007-09-10
More like 1.5 stars. The premise of this book seemed so interesting, and I am always on the lookout for a new first-contact tale, but ultimately it disappointed.
The author tries desperately to present her protagonist (Shan Frankland) as a strong, willful woman but then she immediately rolls over upon meeting the alien race that dominates the story. She readily accepts that the aliens, though militaristic, brutal, and callous, are morally superior to humans because of their stewardship of the environment and the fact that they look good compared to another alien race in the story.
Among other things Frankland allows a member of her party to be executed over what was admittedly a terrible crime, but nonetheless based upon a horrible misunderstanding, and with essentially no discussion with the aliens beyond their stating "this is what has been decided." And, to boot, the misunderstanding was precipitated by Frankland keeping the science team in the dark about essentially everything (though the author tries hard not to present it that way) because she felt she was the only person who deserved to know any details due to her political acumen! At this point she becomes totally subservient to the aliens.
I don't truly think that the author is a militant environmentalist using the book as a pulpit, primarily because she demonstrates a tolerance of law enforcement and the military that I wouldn't expect froma true radical, but I can't escape a nagging feeling to that effect in the back of my mind. The whole "humanity brought this all upon itself" theme is crudely applied. It is interesting to note that many of the reviewers who rated this book highly profess a strong ecological agenda. I suspect that most of those who don't profess one do indeed have one as well.
At base I agree with much of the book's environmentalist message as well, so perhaps it tells you something that I nonetheless despise the main character. (I have even donated money to Zero Population Growth.) I love books with antihero protagonists but that isn't what this book presents- it presents a quisling. If I didn't already know some of what happens later in the series from reading reviews I wouldn't be surprised if Shan Frankland ended up as the gauleiter of Wess'har-occupied Earth, gleefully feeding her fellow humans to the gas chambers or working them to death correcting the ecological damage they had done. (At least that would be interesting.) But, I'm supposed to sympathize with this woman???
The alien Wess'har are indeed alien, in thought if not in physical form, and I enjoyed that aspect of the book since it is so rare to find an alien who isn't simply a human in a funny suit. The book was well-enough written that I may try the second in the series just to see if the first was a setup for something more impressive, but I will be checking it out of the library rather than buying it, and I will desert the rest of the 6-book (?) series if it doesn't deliver.
excellent topics.......2007-08-30
I would probably only give the writing itself four stars but this is worth five to me for the many subjects dear to me that are included/explored by leading characters who share my values. That's a very rare find in this American society.
Below are a few of the book's eco-highlights I listed on my blog. I consider these more plot points than big spoilers, but if you don't want to know anything in advance, stop reading here.
* A gene pool of the only remaining earth crops not owned by corporations.
* An alien who wipes out a city to protect an endangered species. It's nice to have might on the right side for a change.
* A colony of 1000 or so vegan humans who take their dead to be eaten by a native species rather than filling them with poisonous chemicals and locking them in a box.
* A scientist executed for vivisection of the child of another species.
* A cop who helps "ecoterrorists" and is haunted by her memory of a lab gorilla who kept repeating the same signs to her. Lied to by the lab worker, she later learns the true meaning of the communication: "Help me, please."
* The philosopher Targassat: "The universe is not here for our convenience alone. If we assume it is simply our larder, we shall starve. If we think that damage we cannot see cannot cause harm, we shall be poisoned. Wess'har have a place in the universe, but we should take no more from it than we absolutely need. Being as strong as we are now, we can take everything from other beings. But we have a duty not to, because we have a choice. Those who have choices must make them. And the wider the choices one has, the more restrained one must be in making them."
Not Free SF Reader.......2007-08-12
Alien parasite problem.
The protagonist here is a cop. She is sent to a world to try and keep the lid on a situation between humans, the local inhabitants, and a powerful alien race. This is definitely harder than it seems. When she meets an alien with some very unusual characteristics she gets a lot deeper in than she ever wanted to, and ends up in a position a little similar to F. Paul Wilson's healer.
Worst Commander Ever.......2007-08-09
The wess'har are a joyless race of condescending ultra-vegans who pursue a philosophy that eschews most forms of resource consumption and the ownership of any private property that is not useful and cannot be carried in a sack. Lacking any sense of humor, they are blunt-talking, preachy (about their moral ways...they have no religion whatsoever), and supercilious, and they spend their days trying to figure out how to lessen their super-minimal impact upon the world, to the extent that most of them live in underground caves carved out of the bedrock, and when on the surface they walk randomly so as not to leave paths. They believe that every species of animal life should be considered people with full rights equal to any sentients. The wess'har lifestyle is one in which they almost regret being born, since to live is to consume and hasten entropy. Naturally, they despise humans.
Fortunately, they meet their counterpart in the form of Shan Frankland, a human cop sent as a leader of an expedition to get in contact with a lost Earth colony that has fallen under the protection of the wess'har. Frankland also hates humans, is a vegan, speaks her mind, doesn't believe in a god or afterlife, and carries all of her possessions in a tote bag. She is also the worst commander ever.
It's hard to read this book without wanting to smack the smugness out of her. Her constant mental refrain is "You don't know me, you don't understand me, you can't judge me." She's continually flabbergasted that no one really gets her, but that's probably a consequence of the fact that she openly hates everyone, treats them with contempt, hardly says two words to them, loads them down with restrictions and curfews, monopolizes all critical information, handles all alien contacts by herself, and declines to tell anyone anything important. She is disgusted by virtually every single member of the expedition and indeed the entire human race and pretty much thinks that her ways are grossly superior to those of all other people and that they are ignorant swine. The only one she warms up to is Aras, a wess'har infected with an alien virus that makes him functionally immortal and also a bit of an outcast from his own kind. They find a common bond in their dislike of humanity and their celebration of their own awesomeness and eco-friendliness.
The relentless thrusting forth of Frankland and Aras as the source of all that is pure and right grows wearisome quickly. This is especially so when the scientists in the expedition are almost uniformly portrayed as venal and grasping morons purely devoid of the slightest shred of ethics or basic compassion. I say "portrayed" rather than "characterized", because they aren't characters...they're cardboard cutouts whose only purpose is to make Frankland look good. The military personnel are almost worse, since we only learn about two of them and the rest are just names and some vague attitudes. Basically, the only point any other person serves is to show how great Frankland and her buddy Aras are, and how everyone misunderstands them and can't wait to start torching the environment and making alliances with other alien races that can only be considered as Pure Evil. (That mankind in the 2300s is still hell-bent on eating every animal everywhere, dumping toxins into the sea, multiplying out of control, and fighting petty civil wars seems a bit unlikely, but one thing that Traviss does hit on is the growing corporate influence over governments and the dubious tactics employed by agribusiness with patented crop strains and sterile plants that won't germinate to produce more seeds.)
Most readers will come away believing that a green agenda is being unsubtly blasted forth here, but I've read an interview with the author in which she states that she doesn't necessarily share the views of Frankland. Still, it's hard not to see this as an environmental polemic that verges on a hysterical screed condemning humanity and praying for an end to their thoughtless despoiling of everything. If I want to hear that, I'll go to an Al Gore lecture. I don't need it in my recreational reading.
I tried something new--and liked it a lot........2007-07-17
Having thoroughly enjoyed Karen Traviss' Republic Commando novels, I thought I'd give this book a try. The first hundred or so pages were slow going--not because the book is poorly written, but because this isn't the kind of science fiction I usually go for. I had expected the story to be pretty straight military sci-fi and was at first mildly annoyed that it wasn't. Also, I tend to avoid books that feature weird alien beings with hard-to-pronounce names, and this book has several different alien species. Nevertheless, I kept reading and was soon caught up in the story.
The female protagonist is an engaging character and, despite my reservations, I grew to like the main alien character as well. While I wouldn't describe the plot as action-packed, it did maintain my interest, even if the ending was a bit predictable.
For me, the real strength of this book was that it wasn't just fluff entertainment (although it was entertaining). It made me think about issues that actually impact my life, things like the environment and big corporations and governments encroaching in areas where they are neither needed nor wanted. I didn't find the book preachy, although I see how some could. It does depict a world where a vegan diet and radical conservation is the norm but, as a vegetarian who regularly recycles, I didn't have a problem with that. I was surprised to see Christianity so positively portrayed in the book. The Christian colonists are hard-working, courteous people who don't try to force their beliefs on others--how refreshing!
I will definitely be reading the next book in the series.
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Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand.......2005-09-09
This is a MUST HAVE for any teacher. I have used it with children across many grade levels and with training adults and it is a wonderful story!
The people who gave it poor reviews are way off base.
Pearl Moscowit's Last stand.......2005-05-10
Pearl Moscowitz's Last stand by Arthur A. Levine
How would you feel if somebody cut down trees that you planted when you were a little girl? The book I read is called Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand. Since her mother died, there have been a lot of changes on Gingko Street. Pearl has three sisters. Their names are Selma, Velma and Wilma. The change that occurred was that the trees that they planted were cut down, all except for one. The apartment she lives in looks like a dorm. I think this s a good book for children. Pearl played poker with her sisters under the last gingko tree. The next day she was reading a book to the children on the street. A man came up to them and said, "You have to get away from under the this tree because I have to cut it down." She asked him to eat with her. He looked hungry and he didn't eat lunch. The next day he comes back and she shows him a pictures of her and her family each picture has a story. The next day he comes back and Ronnie, the next door neighbor, he put a bike lock around her and the tree and locked it. There is a big party because she's stopping the man from cutting down the tree. The news crew was there. She tells them a story about her and the tree and why she' wont let him cut down the tree. The she invites the guy who paid the man to cut down the tree and the man who was going to cut down the tree over to eat at her house. They changed the street name. To find out what happens at the party and to see what the street is called finish the book!!
BAD WOMAN.......2005-02-08
I did not liked this book, because she did a bad thing (Pearl).she did not respect the man that had orders to cut the tree and she fooled him by making him eat and by telling him a story about her family's photos.
change their lives.......2005-02-08
I gives this book a 10 because a took about a women who save
Her neighborhood.
Is about a woman who live and Gingko street and one day she was
Playing with her neighbors and one man came to the neighborhood
And they were going to cut the trees and she don't lets the people doing.
And she saves the neighborhood again.
pearl moscowitz's last stand.......2005-02-02
pearl moscowitz's last standis about a women that came to the united state. that lives in gingko street that begens to renew the place like planting trees. then named the street pearl street. the grade that gave to this book is a 100. I recomend this book to the kids that like to read interesred books li pearl moscowit's last stand.
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Oprah Book Club® Selection, September 1998: What makes Pearl Cleage's novel so damned enjoyable? At first glance, after all, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day seems pretty heavy going: HIV, suicide, sudden infant death syndrome, and drunk driving all figure prominently in the lives of narrator Ava Johnson and her older sister Joyce. It isn't long before crack addiction, domestic violence, and unwed motherhood have joined the list--so, where's the pleasure? The answer lies in the sharp and funny attitude Cleage brings to her depiction of one African American community in the troubled '90s. Ava Johnson, for example, might be HIV-positive, but she's refreshingly forthright about it: "Most of us got it from the boys. Which is, when you think about it, a pretty good argument for cutting men loose, but if I could work up a strong physical reaction to women, I would already be having sex with them. I'm not knocking it. I'm just saying I can't be a witness. Too many titties in one place to suit me."
Ada has spent the last 10 years living in Atlanta. When she discovers she's infected, she sells her hairdressing business and heads back to her childhood home of Idlewild, Michigan, to spend the summer with her recently widowed sister before moving on to San Francisco. Once there, however, she finds herself embroiled in big-city problems--drugs, violence, teen pregnancy, and an abandoned crack-addicted baby, to name just a few--in a small-town setting. Ava also meets Eddie Jefferson, a man with a past who just might change her mind about the imprudence of falling in love.
In less assured hands, such a catalog of disasters would make for maudlin, melodramatic reading indeed. But Cleage, an accomplished playwright, has a way both with characters and with language that lifts this tale above its movie-of-the-week tendencies. In Ava she has created a character who not only effortlessly carries the weight of the story but also provides entertaining commentary on African American life as she goes. Discussing the insular nature of the black community in Atlanta, she recalls, "I'd walk into a reception room and there'd be a room full of brothers, power-brokering their asses off, and I'd realize I'd seen them all naked. I'd watch them striding around, talking to each other in those phony-ass voices men use when they want to make it clear they got juice, and it was so depressing, all I'd want to do was go home and get drunk." Later, she describes the preacher's wife's hair as "pressed and hot-curled within an inch of its life.... Hardly anybody asks for that kind of hard press anymore. Sister seems to have missed the moment when we decided it was okay for the hair to move."
As the trials and tribulations pile on, the experiences of Cleage's characters prove to be universal: death, love, second chances. Ava's acerbic, smart-mouthed narrative keeps the story buoyant; by the time this endearingly imperfect heroine and her cohorts have negotiated the rocky road to a happy ending, readers will be sorry to see her go, even as they wish her well. --Alix Wilber
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When things take a turn for the worse in Atlanta, Ava Johnson decides to sell her hair salon and move to San Francisco. On the way, she chooses to summer in Idlewild, the small town in northern Michigan where she grew up. Will she be able to move on, however, when her friends and family need her? Author Pearl Cleage reads this generous (four and one-half hour) abridgment, and her gentle, warm voice seems to put every scene--for better or worse--into soft focus. An Oprah book pick. (Running time: 4.5 hours, 4 cassettes) --C.B. Delaney
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Acclaimed Playwright, essayist and columnist Pearl Cleage breaks new ground in African American women's literature--with a debut novel that sings and crackles with life-affirming energy as it moves the reader to laughter and tears.
As a girl growing up in Idlewild, Michigan, Ava Johnson had always heard that, if you were young, black, and had any sense at all, Atlanta was the place to be. So as soon as she was old enough and able enough, that was where she went--parlaying her smarts and her ambition into one of the hottest hair salons in town. In no time, she was moving with the brothers and sisters who had beautiful clothes, big cars, bigger dreams, and money in the bank.
Now, after more than a decade of elegant pleasures and luxe living, Ava has come home, her fabulous career and power plans smashed to bits on one dark truth. Ava Johnson has tested positive for HIV. And she's back in little Idlewild to spend a quiet summer with her widowed sister, Joyce, before moving on to finish her life in San Francisco, the most HIV-friendly place she can imagine.
But what she thinks is the end is only the beginning because there's too much going down in her hometown for Ava to ignore. There's the Sewing Circus--sister Joyce's determined effort to educate Idlewild's young black women about sex, drugs, pregnancy, whatever. . .despite the interference of the good Reverend Anderson and his most virtuous, "Just say no" wife. Plus Joyce needs a helping hand to make a loving home for Imani, an abandoned crack baby whom she's taken into her heart.
And then there's Wild Eddie, whose legendary background in violence combined with his Eastern gentility has stirred Ava's interest. . .and something more.
In the ten-plus years since Ava left, all the problems of the big city--drugs, crime, disease have come home to roost in the sleepy North Michigan community whose ordinariness once drove her away. Now she cannot turn her back on friends and family who sorely need her in the face of impending trouble and tragedy. Things are getting very interesting in Idlewild these days. Besides which, the unthinkable thing has started happening: Ava Johnson is failing in love.
A remarkable novel sizzling with sensuality, rollicking with wild humor, and humming with gritty truth, in What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day. . .Pearl Cleage has created a world rich in character, human drama, and deep, compassionate understanding.
As a girl growing up in Idlewild, Michigan, Ava Johnson had always heard that, if you were young, black, and had any sense at all, Atlanta was the place to be. So as soon as she was old enough and able enough, that was where she went--parlaying her smarts and her ambition into one of the hottest hair salons in town. In no time, she was moving with the brothers and sisters who had beautiful clothes, big cars, bigger dreams, and money in the bank.
Now, after more than a decade of elegant pleasures and luxe living, Ava has come home, her fabulous career and power plans smashed to bits on one dark truth. Ava Johnson has tested positive for HIV. And she's back in little Idlewild to spend a quiet summer with her widowed sister, Joyce, before moving on to finish her life in San Francisco, the most HIV-friendly place she can imagine.
And then there's Wild Eddie, whose legendary back ground in violence combined with his Eastern gentility has stirred Ava's interest...and something more.
In the ten-plus years since Ava left all the problems of the big city--drugs, crime, disease--have come home to roost in the sleepy North Michigan community whose ordinariness once drove her away. Now she cannot turn her back on friends and family who sorely need her in the face of impending trouble and tragedy. Things are getting very interesting in Idlewild these days. Besides which, the unthinkable thing has started happening: Ava Johnson is falling in love.
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"PerfectBound e-book extra: A Reading Group Guide to What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day. The classic smash bestseller and Oprah fave is now an e-book. After a decade of elegant pleasures and luxe living among the Atlanta brothers and sisters with the best clothes and the biggest dreams, Ava Johnson has temporarily returned home to Idlewild -- her fabulous career and power plans smashed to bits by cold reality. But what she imagines is the end is, instead, a beginning. Because, in the ten-plus years since Ava left, all the problems of the big city have come to roost in the sleepy North Michigan community whose ordinariness once drove her away; and she cannot turn her back on friends and family who sorely need her in the face of impending trouble and tragedy. Besides which, that one unthinkable, unmistakable thing is now happening to her: Ava Johnson is falling in love."
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This laminated full color and easy to read street map of Tacoma, Washington, includes schools, parks shopping centers, golf courses, city boundaries, and other useful features.
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This lively story of a coppersmith's young apprentice--rich in drama and light humor--was awarded the John Newbery Medal in 1932, and has entertained readers ever since. Handsome, authentic drawings by Ed Young enhance this edition, and the background notes provide a contrast between China as it was in the 1920s and as it is today. Contemporary young Americans will enjoy Young Fu's experiences with artisans, bandits, scholars, boatmen, and soldiers, and their understanding and view of China's past and present will deepen.
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ChinaKid.......2007-03-30
This book is good! It shows just how hard life can be during a war. It is about a young boy who has just moved from the country into the bustling Chinese city of Chungking. He is being apprenticed to a well-known coppersmith who goes by the name of Tang. I like this book because of the stage of life it describes during the 1920's China. The thing that I don't really like is that the book almost seems to drag on, but otherwise it is a great book!
as an adult I loved it!.......2006-06-23
Great book with huge insight into Chinese thinking and culture. Full of adventure and drama, with a rich cultural background. Very educational, with a focus on character issues! Definitely recommended for teens and adults or a challenge-loving younger student.
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze.......2005-07-18
Young Fu, 13 has just arrived in the Chinese city of Chungking from the country. In between working at the copper shop where he's an apprentice and studying with the teacher that lives above him, he manages to squeeze in adventure such as, cheating the fire dragon of it's prey, saving silver from the Ban-keh, and rescuing a fellow worker from the Ya-men.
This is a great book!.......2005-03-22
I was sorry to see that many kids had trouble reading this book.
It's true that it may seem to bog down in spots, but only to build up to the next interesting bit that comes along.
This book is very well written, but, alas, it is not geared towards the younger set. One could compare it to, say, the Hornblower novels, or A Single Shard...
Perhaps the problem is with the Chinese culture being so different, but the main thrust of the book is a rags-to-riches theme, much like Horatio Alger's books, but not so simplistic.
People who have read the other works I mentioned should enjoy this book with little or no problem. But I know that there are cultures which I don't want to read about, maybe the Orient isn't your cup of tea (pun?)...
I wish it had been longer, as thick as "Shogun" or something...
Just My Opinion.......2004-04-22
I had to read this book for school. Personally, I thought that it was pretty good, but it is kind of hard to start. Also, I noticed quite a few generalizations about Chinese people in the book. I myself would recommend this for people who are 12 years old or above, because younger children may get tired of it.
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This laminated full color street map of Portland, Oregon, includes schools, parks shopping centers, golf courses, city boundaries, and other useful features.
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If you're looking for an objective guide to New York City, you won't find it in Betty & Pansy's Severe Queer Review of New York. What you will find becomes clear on the very first page: "New York City, as you already know, is totally fun, fast, dirty and completely messed up, which we discovered the hard way when we arrived all alone and virginal. Once we were worn down, used up and permanently embittered, we wrote this book as a warning to those who might come after us.... " It should be apparent by now that Betty and Pansy are not your average travel writers. As they themselves caution, "Some of you may not agree with us, but we are forced by our natures to call them as we see them (and to leave 'em where God flung 'em). So bear that in mind."
In the Severe Queer Review of New York, gay and lesbian travelers will find a comprehensive guide to bars, clubs, restaurants, favorite cruising areas, and other attractions, all described in Betty and Pansy's inimitable style. A description of the Wall Street Sauna, for example, says "At first I wondered if a nudist colony and an old-age home had collided, and then a bathhouse had been built around the accident site.... "For the skinny on New York's best gay and lesbian hangouts, trust Betty and Pansy--they won't steer you wrong.
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Reviewing everything from the historic gay landmarks of the West Village and the clubs of Chelsea to the cruising venues of Times Square and the lesbian hot spots of Park Slope, Betty and Pansy are as trashy and opinionated as only two queens can be. Cattiness, sarcasm, dish, dirt, and a new section on Fire Island — it's all here from two seasoned travel writers.
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- Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
- Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
- Drive to the East (Settling Accounts Trilogy, Book 2)
- Dungeons & Dragons Monster Gift Set (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying)
- Endymion
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