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Bone Song (Gollancz S.F.) (Hardcover)

by John Meaney (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; First Edition edition (15 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 057507955X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575079557
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 662,854 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Meaney's creepy, death-haunted world lingers in the long after the book is closed. A smart and spooky read." THE TIMES "Filmic action aplenty and lots of weird imagery." SFX "Fast paced, very entertaining and out of the ordinary. Meaney throws together familiar elements of multiple genres and creates something both haunting and engaging. SFFWORLD.COM "Bone Song is crisply written and the gruesome aspects of Tristopolis are vividly portrayed." -- Eric Brown THE GUARDIAN "Think Dirty Harry in a city created by the bastard love-child of Jeff VanderMeer and China Mieville. The backdrop of a hardboiled crime plot cleverly disguises stories of human interaction, trust, mistrust, loyalty, morality, acceptance, and love while delivering a great mystery." NETH SPACE. COM --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Meaney's creepy, death-haunted world lingers in the long after the book is closed. A smart and spooky read." (THE TIMES )

"Filmic action aplenty and lots of weird imagery." (SFX )

"Fast paced, very entertaining and out of the ordinary. Meaney throws together familiar elements of multiple genres and creates something both haunting and engaging. (SFFWORLD.COM )

"Bone Song is crisply written and the gruesome aspects of Tristopolis are vividly portrayed." (Eric Brown THE GUARDIAN )

"Think Dirty Harry in a city created by the bastard love-child of Jeff VanderMeer and China Mieville. The backdrop of a hardboiled crime plot cleverly disguises stories of human interaction, trust, mistrust, loyalty, morality, acceptance, and love while delivering a great mystery." (NETH SPACE. COM ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Dark and Strange, 5 Jun 2007
By Lyle "D4D" (Norfolk, UK) - See all my reviews
Bone Song is an interesting read - it takes an alternative view where everything is powered by corpses (hey, don't blame me, I only read the thing) which makes for a very dark and gothic-feeling novel, with some interesting ideas about wraiths, ghosts, and how the dead are processed into energy.

All told, I'm going to be looking out for more of John Meaney's stuff - I'd thought he was a new author, but it turns out he's been around for a while.

If you like authors like Peter F Hamilton, Richard Morgan and the like, Bone Song will probably be right up your street.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Original, innovative, brilliant, 4 May 2008
This review is from: Bone Song (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)
I was getting very bored by Paranormal PIs until I read Bone Song. This is NOT another goodguy/gal werewolf/vampire/witch hunting down (while having hot, rampant sex with a sort-of-good-sort-of-bad partner) the badguy/gal werewolf/vamp... well, you get the picture. Yes, there are security deathwolves, wraiths which act as the force running inanimate objects such as lifts, cars, etc and there are zombies. The characters are, perhaps, a little typical; strong but silent cop and wisecracking twin cops but the antihero, Donal Riordan, is a cop whose lover/boss is a zombie who has to plug her black heart into the mains (energy comes from the tortured emotions of flayed and executed criminals) every few days to "live".
There is action aplenty. No one is who they seem to be; layers upon layers of conspiracy (I LOOOOOVE a really good conspiracy story)abound.
I couldnt really think of comparable authors - hence the title for the review - but take a dash of the Nightside series minus the humour, a chunk of Richard Morgan and stir in a soupcon of Karen Chance and you may have an idea, but this book (and the sequel, incidentally) is very dark and bleak and while satisfying in the denouement, still leaves you desperate for more. On the bright side, there is a sequel.
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Bones are burning, 18 Sep 2007
By Gareth Wilson "drosdelnoch2" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bone Song (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)
A haunting Sci-Fi/Fantasy tale that fits in well with one of the current trends where authors merge multiple genres, in this case Sci-Fi with a touch of the macabre.
The reader will find themselves dragged into the vaults of the necropolis where the dead pay their "debts" accrued over their lifetimes where their bones are used as fuel to embue the livings homes with energy.
Highly novel, deeply perturbing and on the whole a mystery linked through the life/unlife of the characters involved. If you're looking for a completely new type of tale that has a multifaceted appeal then go for this, the darkness of the Dickellian future blended with the mystery of Doyle, tied up with a dash of Crowley and you have a tale that will encroach on your sleeping world. To sum up, a tale that will lead to a future where the living continue on their merry way without questioning anything, where death is only the beginning of Kali's Opus that few can hear.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping tale set in a dark and vivid world.
Wow, what an amazing book. The world that Meaney creates practically leaps off the page and is unlike anything I have read before. Read more
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