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Following on from her brilliant previous novel, Natural History, Justina Robson again takes into a series of worlds and dimensions we would never have otherwise imagined
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Metropolis is a city of superheroes where you can become anyone you like - fight all day, party all night . . . Sankhara is a universe where everything is remade by night, according to the inhabitants’ deepest, darkest dreams . . . Koker Ai is a city of another time and space, where Intana, courtesan to the court of a decaying empire, has just discovered a warrior who cannot die . . . Jalaeka has been many things in his short lifetime: a war captive, a prostitute, a pilgrim, a pirate, a princess in a glass coffin and a physics student at MIT. Now he’s looking for someone to make him into something that can duel a god, for the all-powerful entity which created him is coming to take him back. Francine is a fifteen-year-old runaway, out to find a definition of love she can believe in. She finds a Palace whose rooms are made of bone, flowers and the hearts of heroes. She finds a scientist looking for the lost light of the universe. She finds herself at the centre of an unstoppable conflict that began long before she was born.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Anyone who has read and loved ‘Natural History’ is potentially in for a real treat with this follow on. It is imaginative, intelligent, filled with lively characters, wild circumstances – and philosophical juggling which ranges from the colourful and obtuse to breathtaking lucidity. This is not as easy to read as its predecessor, not as traditional a narrative, fluent or conventional – indeed many aspects come across as highly experimental. But I found that persistence with the less clear parts of the book, particularly in the first one hundred pages, are more than rewarded when the whole begins to fall into place. Forgive me, but it becomes un-put-downable brilliance. It is not perfect, but the positives so outweigh the negatives for me that the idea of picking holes would be a petty-minded anathema; critique for the sake of hearing my own clever voice. Credit belongs where credit is due, and in short – this is an ambitious, hugely imaginative, clever, brave, brilliant and entertaining novel, which I loved, I suspect some people will hate, and ultimately I don’t care what they think – as long as Justina Robson doesn’t care as well and continues to produce work as exceptional as this for years to come.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book having read Keeping It Real about six months ago. Unlike Keeping It Real, this book was utterly disappointing. The characters were lacking any interest, especially the main character of Jaleka who was particularly irritating. The historical context was largely irrelevant and unfathomable. None of the characters made the reader care about them.
Overall this book has some grand ideas some of which should definitely be developed separately. This story seems made up of a bucket of random good ideas that has been poured through a blender. If you want complex, exciting, multi-dimensional, AI, human, creature interaction Sci-Fi, read Dan Simmons' Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion.
Overall this book has some grand ideas some of which should definitely be developed separately. This story seems made up of a bucket of random good ideas that has been poured through a blender. If you want complex, exciting, multi-dimensional, AI, human, creature interaction Sci-Fi, read Dan Simmons' Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My mum bought me this book, thinking it would be a nice easy read. Thankfully, it turned out to be the most hard-SF I have read.
The style is unusual, and there is no real explanation for the colourful and outragous world that you have been thrown in to.
It does come together if you've got your wits about you, as the universe becomes more real through regular exposure, but I got a real feel of culture shock, that I find male authors never quite achieve no matter how futuristic the technology level.
Over all, this is a really good novel if you like a bit of interesting SF. Worth trying, and you can always pass it around, either way.
The style is unusual, and there is no real explanation for the colourful and outragous world that you have been thrown in to.
It does come together if you've got your wits about you, as the universe becomes more real through regular exposure, but I got a real feel of culture shock, that I find male authors never quite achieve no matter how futuristic the technology level.
Over all, this is a really good novel if you like a bit of interesting SF. Worth trying, and you can always pass it around, either way.
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Based on this troubled and inconsistent novel Justina clearly has the talent to produce something illuminating on the lines of a China Mieville or a Jon Courtney Grimwood... Read more
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I've tried so hard to enjoy this book and simply can't do it. The whole concept is fascinating but the execution is poor, confusing and just not at all fun to read. Read more
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It's a shame to see talent wasted
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