Once the world worked differently - before the Silence from space quieted the airwaves and rendered electronics useless. In a haven called Crescent City, built through the wonders of nanotechnology to transport its enlightened inhabitants into the cosmos, far away from the terrors and chaos of a world gone mad, humanity has failed. One of the original pioneers, Jason Peabody, must now flee in the wake of an assault on the city by pirates. He embarks on a bizarre odyssey across a perilous, unrecognisable outside - a landscape of Western round-ups and tragically 'youngening' children; of plague-ravaged humans in foreboding flower cities; of conscious machines, talking animals and toys that long to be real. And the appearance on Earth of strange illuminations is causing widespread panic and fear, as pilgrims gather in Crescent City seeking answers to the Silence's long-concealed mysteries, responding to the hypnotic light music calling them towards a remarkable destiny in the stars . . .
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"(a) distinctive blend of lyrical language and over-the-top plotting . . (a) sprawling, ambitious, multifaceted novel." -- The New York Times Book Review, July 8, 2002
"A different ‘sense of wonder’ novel…about the changes that revolutionize the Earth in the wake of the nanotechnological revolution." -- Orlando Sentinal
"A forceful and compelling novel…a genuinely intellectual sequel that expands on ideas more than on plotlines." -- LOCUS
"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." -- Publisher's Weekly
"[A] talented writer….Goonan skillfully weaves…tales in lively, accessible prose that will keep even science-illiterate readers engrossed." -- The Boston Herald --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"A different ‘sense of wonder’ novel…about the changes that revolutionize the Earth in the wake of the nanotechnological revolution." -- Orlando Sentinal
"A forceful and compelling novel…a genuinely intellectual sequel that expands on ideas more than on plotlines." -- LOCUS
"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." -- Publisher's Weekly
"[A] talented writer….Goonan skillfully weaves…tales in lively, accessible prose that will keep even science-illiterate readers engrossed." -- The Boston Herald --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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LIGHT MUSIC concludes my Nanotech Quartet in a way that I hope will surprise and delight my readers.
In the several years I worked on it, I studied Brian Greene's wonderful book on superstring theory, THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE, and used a quote from it in the frontspiece of LM: "With the discovery of superstring theory, musical metaphors take on startling reality . . . " I have tried to make that realization live in the characters and events in LIGHT MUSIC. I also used, extensively, the ideas in EO Wilson's CONSILIENCE, Evan Walker's THE PHYSICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, and Julian Barvour's THE END OF TIME.
After I was finished with the novel, I was invited to contribute to the Journal of Consciousness Studies' forthcoming issue on Literature and Consciousness, so I put all the previous information to good use.
Most of all, I hope that I have written a beautiful, powerful, and entertaining novel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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20 May 2004
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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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Great author.
18 May 2012
By Gary S. Norton
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As a SF reader for sixty years, it is difficult to find new authors I enjoy. This author's narrative is among the best. Her ideas are original and clever.
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An exciting writer with new ideas
2 Oct 2006
By Joanne Clarke
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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.
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