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- Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks; MP3 Una edition (Nov 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1433224097
- ISBN-13: 978-1433224096
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 768,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
There aren't many people who can pull off such a blend of genres that unfold upon reading The Many Colored Land, but somehow May pulls it off. Normally one would expect some of each genre's fans to be turned off by her treatment, but the blend is entirely seamless. While the beginning of the book is mostly science fiction, when they actually get to the Pliocene, the science fiction elements, while still there, fade slightly to show the awe inspiring fantasy sequences.
But I haven't even gotten started on the story. Ah, the plot, I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before. It's complex yes, but when the book ends you get the sense that something has been accomplished, and that you haven't been reading four hundred pages to get shafted by a bunch of loose ends. There's a sense of closure. This is a book where you continue onto the next one because you want to, not because you feel some need to keep plodding on. It's just that good.
Oh, and just as an aside, those who are interested in the prehistory of this planet will find that most of May's research is completely accurate, keeping in mind of any new discoveries that have been made since the book was written. But the amount of research that had to go into getting the Pliocene right is astonishing, everything down to the crisp chill in the air warning of the Ice Age coming just a few million years down the road. The age comes alive.
But why listen to me ramble on? Read the darn thing already?
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Fantastico libro. Mezcla de Ciencia Ficcion e Historias de Espada y Brujeria, en una epoca magica. Tantos horizontes, tantas preguntas sin responder, tantas historias esbozadas... (Acentos omitidos intencionadamente).
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The beginning of a long and wonderful journey, the Many-Coloured Land is brilliant, exciting, though-provoking, well-told... I could go on and on. Read it and you will be at the bookstore (or on Amazon.com) a week later, buying the sequel. Perhaps my most cherished SF series to date.
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The standard by which all other scifantasy must be judged
The four volume 'Saga of the Pliocene Exiles', starting with 'The Many-coloured Land' is, for me, the most outstanding piece of fiction ever written. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 1999
Le Fantasie Magnificat!
This is where it all begins: A wonder-world, richly written and woven by the reigning master of fantasy - Julian May. Well, at least that's my opinion! Read more
Published on 13 April 1999
Great begining, But watch out for the cliff
This was all in all a great book. But is not necsisary to read in order to "get" the other 8 books. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 1999
Can't Judge a Book by its Cover
Granted that when you look at this cover, you kinda go,"huh, looks cheesy." That goes for the current cover shown here (I mean the person on the cover is supposed to be... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 1998
An entire alternate History.
I read this book years ago, and then simply ran to my local bookstore, and bought all the follow ons, simply because I found it to be so perfect. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 1998
One of the best
This is just one of the best SF i read, and i have read a lot. This store is one of the few who could persuade my father (a poor english reader) to read the whole series. Read more
Published on 17 May 1997
Simply the best set of books I have ever read... Incredible!
E-Mail me to discuss. This author has created a world so filled with detail and strings of reality that it becomes real. Read more
Published on 12 Feb 1997
This is a great book that all SF/Fantasy fans should read!
In this book Julian May brilliantly combines SF with Fantasy. In an alternate-past misfits from the future are coming through a oneway time portal to exile in the pliocene period... Read more
Published on 22 July 1995
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