- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz (5 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857988892
- ISBN-13: 978-1857988895
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 3.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 946,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The New York Times Book Review, July 8, 2002
"(a) distinctive blend of lyrical language and over-the-top plotting . . (a) sprawling, ambitious, multifaceted novel."
Publisher's Weekly
"This classic novel of ideas, with state-of-the-art technology as its subject, remains the work of a powerful imagination with a superior command of language."
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Way too long---, 20 May 2004
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Light Music (Mass Market Paperback)
This book starts off with great promise, but then simply goes on and on and ----. The whole light/energy/music concept is done to DEATH and as I reached page 300, I just couldn't stand it any more. This is one of an extremely small number of books that I literally chose to close and never reopen. I simply didn't give a damn what happened to anyone in it, and that is a great indicator of poor writing at worst, poor editing, at least. The characters are interesting when you are first introduced to them, but then they go nowhere as the book progresses. Each character can be counted on to behave exactly as he/she did from their introduction. I read The Bones of Time a while ago, and I seem to remember that it too became tough to get through as it reached its last hundred pages. Goonan apparently needs to learn how to "cut to the chase" when it comes to plot development and resolution. I would not recommend this book unless you have a bunch of time to kill on a long flight, and can hack reading basically about the same thing stated a few different ways for almost four hundred pages.
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An exciting writer with new ideas, 2 Oct 2006
By Joanne Clarke - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Light Music (Mass Market Paperback)
I agree with what the other reviewers have said. Both the one saying that the ideas are near genuis and the one saying that the book is a difficult read. This is part three or four of an amazingly ambitious work. It was the book I happened upon first. Now that I've read Mississippi Blues, I feel sure this book will make more sense and I intend to go back and read it again. I don't suggest beginning with this book - but I do suggest reading it. I'm not that taken with Marie, but I loved the character Zeb. I guess I identify more with a crazy scientist than with a voodoo princess. Actually, I think I could go the rest of my life without reading any more about voodoo. But I did enjoy the New Orleans setting. Few writers would dare tackle a work this sweeping in scope. In fact, it boggles my mind how ANYONE could tackle such a huge work (other than possibly Vernon Vinge). But I'm glad she did.
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
cutting edge of literature, 7 Jun 2002
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Light Music (Hardcover)
In the latter part of the twenty-first century, nanotechnology is about to take man into the next evolutionary leap. Then continuous, mysterious, and unstoppable signals from space created The Silence, a state where radios, television and the net were inoperable. Crescent City was created in the Caribbean Sea, a sentient life form meant to be a repository of all human knowledge.Crescent City will one day turn itself into a space ship but before that could happen, pirates attack and destroy the coordinates needed to take the ship to it's proper destination. Jason Peabody and Dania leave Crescent City for Johnson Space Station in Houston where they can retrieve the coordinates the city so desperately needs. Their journey through a world altered by nanotechnology and decimated by plague is the stuff of legends.
On one level, a person has to be a super genius to understand all the scientific concepts put forth in LIGHT MUSIC. On the other hand, if the readers are willing to let their imaginations flow freely, they will enjoy a fascinating story line populated with characters that are all too human despite their genetic differences. Kathleen Ann Goonan is a writer on the cutting edge of literature.
Harriet Klausner
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