- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Voyager; New Ed edition (17 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002246694
- ISBN-13: 978-0002246699
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,432,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Julian May is noted for her two long, complex and interlinked science-fantasy sagas, the "Pliocene Exile" and "Galactic Milieu" series. Perseus Spur opens the more light-hearted "Rampart Worlds" sequence, full of colourful planetary descriptions and slam-bang action. This future galaxy is dominated by Earth's megacorporations, which have carved up space between them. The hero, who fought corporate corruption, has been framed and discredited. But not forgotten, as shown by bizarre murder attempts: a giant alien sea-toad gobbles his house and soon he's staked out to die on a lonely comet. With help from his eccentric friends and estranged family of entrepreneurs, he sets off like James Bond to smash an ugly galactic conspiracy of companies treacherously selling human secrets--including our DNA--to hostile aliens. Like Bond, he's repeatedly captured by the same bad guy and barely survives awful fates. Negotiating exotic, deadly jungles, he must penetrate a fortified enemy cave complex then escape before the inevitable time bomb blows everything to hell. Will he nobble the villain and get the girl? Need you ask? Fast-moving, tongue-in-cheek adventure, with sequels to come. --David Langford
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A major new science fiction series from bestselling author Julian May.
‘I was living in pleasant anonymity under the name of Helmut Icicle, taking smartass sport-divers out on holocam trips around the reefs of Kedge-Lockaby. Fourteen thousand light years away from civilization, K-L’s a freesoil planet way out in the boondocks, and that’s the way I like it: it makes life easier if no-one asks nosy questions.
‘So one minute there I was, subbing around Brillig Reef; the next thing I know, some giant sea-toad has eaten my house and I’m caught up in a galactic conspiracy! From gently coaxing an ageing submersible around the shores of K-L to piloting a state-of-the-art Javelin starship may seem like a big jump: but when it looks as if the future course of human civilization is under threat, it’s a hell of a motivator.’
Perseus Spur delivers everything readers have come to expect from worldwide bestseller Julian May: galactic scope, high adventure, humour, and complex political intrigue in a finely worked balance.
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Julian May's "Saga of the Exiles" series beginning with "The Many-Coloured Land" was fantastic and inspired my in so many ways, but I cannot say the same of the "Rampart Worlds" trilogy. I read these 3 books during a holiday this year and was really disappointed with all of them. In short, I found the characters shallow and the plot to be unimaginative and somewhat predictable.
Perhaps I've been too spoilt by the writing styles of other authors such as Stephen Donaldson and Iain Banks, where you really get to know the characters good and bad sides, and you can't say for sure who is going to be left standing at the end. In contrast, my overall feeling of this particular trilogy is that the good guys were too good, too polarised and there were no real surprises. Its difficult to describe, but I found the same problem with recent books from Raymond Feist - the early books, especially the "Empire" series, were great, but the later books are devoid of depth.
When I completed the third book I honestly felt that I had wasted all those countless hours. I left them all at the holiday resort not wanting to bother bringing them home, and that's a first for me.
I would recommend to anyone to read the "Saga of the Exiles" and the "Galactic Milieu" series from Julian May though. Then try Stephen Donaldson's "Gap" series.
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Being a die-hard fan of Julian May's earlier work, I must say that this book is quite dissapointing! Instead of a massive plot and a whole host of interesting characters you get one main character in a vague and quite dim world. It is interesting to read an entire book as it is seen by one person, the main character, but like Zelazny's Amber, this can get quite boring. Luckily, the plot is rather fascinating and it will be interesting to read the second volume to see how everything turns out. In comparison with her other stories, this book is quite a light read!
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This book is something of a departure from the other books written by Julian May. However I enjoyed the plot, and the intracacies are still there. I enjoyed the characters and this, in part, has left me looking forward to the next volume. I beleive that we have only scratched the surface of the character of Mr. Icicle and look forward to reading more of this apparent hard done too and nerr do well persona. No doubt JM will keep us guessing to the end. I hope so!
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Bit dissapointing
Being a die-hard fan of Julian May's earlier work, I must say that this book is quite dissapointing! Read more
Published on 23 April 2003 by Zieveraar
Classic Julian May, fearless and Inventive
Julian May takes a genre that has been overwelmed with ideas, good and bad and has written a book that takes the sci-fi genre and makes something original, with interesting... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2000
Good, light-hearted science fiction
Not the same style of novel that we expect from Julian May; this novel has a much lighter touch than usual. It's more a combination of Harry Harrison and E. E. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 1999
Where has the Author been fro the last 30 years?
I have a large collection of Sci-fi, but this book wont be joining it.
I have never read a book written in such an annoying, first person style before. Read more
Published on 29 July 1999
Mildly amusing but difficult to follow
Having been an ardent SF reader for many years I have read many authors, and all of Julian May's previous workings. Read more
Published on 30 May 1999
Good entertainment and brilliant writing again from Ms May
Julian May once again manages to transport her fans to another galaxy and still entertain them thoroughly on the way. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 1999
Entertaining but...
Easy to read but not in the same league as the jack the bodiless trilogy. With out giving the plot i thought the end was weak. still she's back so i'm not complaining! gus
Published on 4 Nov 1998
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