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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: 275,865 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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THE TIMES
"Meaney's creepy, death-haunted world lingers in the long after the book is closed. A smart and spooky read." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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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 the Paperback edition.

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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 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., 1 Jul 2008
By Clinton Green "Book Junkie" (London England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bone Song (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)
Wow, what an amazing book. The world that Meaney creates practically leaps off the page and is unlike anything I have read before. It is a truly unique vision that is realised so well that even now, weeks after finishing the book I can still vividly imagine Tristopolis and its rich landscape.

Noir/Horror/Sci-fi/Fantasy and pure mystery combine in a filmic read that grips from the very start.
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