- Hardcover: 770 pages
- Publisher: New Amer Library Trade; First Edition edition (Dec 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0886777100
- ISBN-13: 978-0886777104
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16 x 5.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 636,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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True speculative grandeur (Time Out )
The ultimate virtual-reality saga, borrowing motifs from cyberpunk, mythology and world history (SAN FRANCISCO Chronicle )
On an epic scale . . . a big colourful new novel full of real-world conspiracy and virtual reality wonders, with characters worth caring about (LOCUS )
One of the best works of science fiction I've ever read (Katharine Kerr ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The ultimate virtual-reality saga, borrowing motifs from cyberpunk, mythology and world history (SAN FRANCISCO Chronicle )
On an epic scale . . . a big colourful new novel full of real-world conspiracy and virtual reality wonders, with characters worth caring about (LOCUS )
One of the best works of science fiction I've ever read (Katharine Kerr ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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* Bestselling master storyteller Tad Williams starts a brilliant new series which is destined to become a classic
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I first bought the book for a friend as a Christmas present. It tok me an hour to wrap the stupid thing because I *really* wanted it for myself. I finally wrapped it and promised myself that I would buy myself a copy after Christmas.
So I went to school and gave it to my friend, who was so happy to get the book she wanted! I then sat dejected and sullen while she smiled over her new book. Then another friend showed up and stopped right in her tracks and pointed at the book, thinking it was mine. Then I got my present, it was the book! Yeah!
I think it's a great book, nice and complicated just how I like it. I cannot predict anything, and I would still be reading it now if I could find it! I'm only halfway through and I want to know what happens at the very end. At first I was expecting a slow beginning like that of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, though I know it did get better.
The only bad part about this series it the wait between books. Just look at the bright side, at least Williams isn't Jordan who takes almost two years between books. :)
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I didn't realise how immersed I was going to become in this book when I first bought it! This book has a very strong storyline but also a wealth of detail which means you can really imagine that Earth could become like this in X years. For Tad Williams to think up this story is already impressive but to hold together this much detail and storyline threads is a real feat! And the author doesn't make the mistake of including too much technical detail which I sometimes can't perfectly follow. Having read both this and its sequel "River of Blue Fire" I can't wait for "Mountain of Black Glass" to be published. Tad Williams fantasy quartet 'Memory, sorrow & thorn" was excellent and this future science fiction quartet will be its equal at least!
Format:Hardcover
As the first book in a growing series, Otherland 1 : City of Golden Shadow devotes a large proportion of the story to introducing and developing characters. This sometimes seems heavy going, but as the story evolves this pays off, as the reader already knows how each of the main characters will react to each of the increasingly strange enviroments they find themselves in, and why they are there in the first place. Using the endless posibility of virtual reality Thad Williams leads the characters through strange and wonderfull worlds, from WW1 trenches, to the canals of Mars. At the same time, the richest men in the world are using it for a far more sinister, but as yet unknown purpose. What that has to do with children on the network slipping into comas all around the world, is part of the mystery, as is the world wide success of Uncle Gingle, a horrific clown. Think that's strange? don't worry, as the book flows, stranger and stranger situations seem quite believable. You will quite readily accept a baboon as a leading character, heading towards a battle with an Egyptian God! At times there seem to be a dozen different plots weaving their way through the book, briefly interacting, then going their own seperate ways, leaving the reader wondering what could possibly happen next, but no matter how strange it becomes, you are sucked into this strange world, and it all becomes believable. Having read this book, I had to pick up Vol 2, which continues this excellent science fiction masterpiece.
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Snow Crash look out!
You will try to take your bleary eyes away from this book more than once, hoping for sleep to give you the rest you need to continue. This book cannot be read in one day... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 1998
Very slow beginning but becomes engaging
After 770 pages you would think there would be some closure. I ususally don't start a series until all are out, but there was no clue until the end that this was a series. Read more
Published on 6 May 1998
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