- Paperback: 484 pages
- Publisher: Grafton (11 Oct 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0246136790
- ISBN-13: 978-0246136794
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,618,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A grand and glorious visionary epic."-Robert Silverberg *** Set in the artificial planetary system of Chalco-Doror, which is no more and no less than a vast cosmic machine, The Last Legends of Earth is a love story, a gripping saga of struggle against alien control, and an examination of the machinery of creation and destruction. Above all, it is world-building of the highest and grandest order, on a scale rarely seen in science fiction since the great works of Olaf Stapledon.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of my favourite all time SF books and I'd recommend it to anybody.
It all takes place billions of years into our future, when humans are brought back to life to serve as bait for horrific vampire-like spiders called Zotl. The story follows the human's reannimator Gai, a god like being who has created worlds for us to populate. It also follows the lives of some of those humans over thousands of years of real time, while events for Gai fly past in a matter of days.
I have read very few books that manage to convey the sense of time that Attanasio cojures up in this story; as he follows the humans' first desperate battles for survival, through the centuries of opulence and into final decay.
If you like SF, then buy this book.
It all takes place billions of years into our future, when humans are brought back to life to serve as bait for horrific vampire-like spiders called Zotl. The story follows the human's reannimator Gai, a god like being who has created worlds for us to populate. It also follows the lives of some of those humans over thousands of years of real time, while events for Gai fly past in a matter of days.
I have read very few books that manage to convey the sense of time that Attanasio cojures up in this story; as he follows the humans' first desperate battles for survival, through the centuries of opulence and into final decay.
If you like SF, then buy this book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book about 5 years ago and have been trying to find it again to re-read ever since. It was the best sci-fi/fantasy book i have ever read! It looked a bit daunting at first as the book was so thick, but it didn't take long to get into the story. I did find the storyline got really complicated at times, hence why i want to read it again. Definitely worth the effort though!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is one of the most compelling I have read, once you start there is no stopping. The concept is staggering. Reading it once is good reading it 3 times and it just gets better. Get a copy if you can.
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Stunning SiFi/Fantasy Epic
I read this after reading Radix, Arc of the Dream and while I enjoyed those books, this really is in another league to all the other output I have read by this author. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. S. N. Redman
The clear water pinnacle of an otherwise confusing but great series
This four-book lenght story is fractured in time, space, mentalities and backgrounds in a way very few writers could imagine. Read more
Published 16 months ago by ManInsideTheHelm
The brilliant magnum opus of an otherwise "OK" author.
First, let me say that I've found the other writings of this author to be variously incoherent, clichéd, disorganised and full of made up words. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2010 by M Harris
Broaden your horizons
Got this book from a friend. He picked it up from a charity shop, had never heard of it before, the book that is. He had been in the shop several times previously. Read more
Published on 13 July 2009 by Garry Morrison
Very enjoyable epic
I was persuaded to read this book by a friend several years ago and have read it a few times since. I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes epic sci-fi. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2001
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