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Windhaven (Paperback)

by George R.R. Martin (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (9 Nov 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857989406
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857989403
  • Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 11 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 881,935 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A longish, predictable, charming but syrupy expansion of the linked stories The Storms of Windhaven (1975) and One-Wing (1980). Windhaven is a low-gravity, metal-deficient world of stormy oceans and scattered islands, where the survivors of a crashed colony starship, needing a swift means of communication between the islands, fashion themselves wings from the imperishable fabric of the starship's solar sails. But as 700 years pass, ownership of the irreplaceable wings becomes hereditary, and the flyers view themselves as separate from, and superior to, the landbound majority. So when fisherman's daughter Maris aspires to become a flyer, she faces scorn and ostracism from the flyer caste; her adoptive father, a former flyer, insists on bestowing his wings upon his patently unskilled and unwilling son. But Maris wins her battle, becoming the first of a new generation of flyers who gain their wings on merit, not ancestry - a group which soon comes into conflict with the resentful traditionalists. So, though now aging, crippled, and wingless, Maris must finish her revolution and guide the flyers (society) through a difficult transition towards maturity. . . . The flyers and their experiences come through vividly enough, but the setting is perfunctory: the authors make no attempt to provide Windhaven with an ecology, and they abandon meteorology in favor of vicious, unpredictable weather. A pleasant, undemanding read, then, without subtlety or surprises. (Kirkus Reviews)


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The islands of Windhaven, a forgotten planetary outpost, are held together by the flyers who travel between the various communities. Birth dictates who looks on in envy and who actually flies. Maris defies this law, borrows wings and takes to the air with an ability previously unheard of - her struggle to hold onto her wings will change Windhaven for ever . . .
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining read, 29 Jun 2001
By William Marnoch (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Windhaven (Bantam Spectra Book) (Hardcover)
Windhaven is a world where the only land is in the form of small islands in a stormy sea. It's only inhabitants are the descendants of a crashed Earth colony ship who live a low-technology existence on those islands. One of the major forms of communication on Windhaven is messages carried by the flyers who use wings crafted from the spaceship's materials to fly between the islands, the wings are highly prized and passed down only through the elite flyer families. The main theme of this books concerns the efforts of the ordinary citizens of Windhaven, particuarily the book's heroine, to be allowed the chance to be able to become flyers. The more conservative of the flyer families resist the idea of others also being allowed to fly and this book deals with the conflict between the two groups. Like Martin's other books the characters are what makes this book good, as well as the convincing and original world. Fans of his major series, A Song of Ice and Fire should not be disapointed although the theme and feel of the book bears more similarity to Anne Mcaffrey's Pern series than Martin's other books. In summary, an entertaining book that is well worth reading.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly envisaged, a dreamer rubbing against reality, 17 Jul 2001
By Jason Mills "jason10801" (Accrington, UK) - See all my reviews
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George RR Martin's early stuff is being reissued on the back the success of his 'Song of Ice and Fire' series. And a good thing too. This collaboration with Lisa Tuttle at first gave me the impression it would be predictable but a good read. In fact it was wonderful.

It follows Maris, who has no right to fly except that there is nothing she wants more in the world. Broadly in three parts, the books charts her difficult, thrilling and compelling adventures right through her life. Boldly imagined, adult and moving, this is a very welcome reprint.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful surprise, 21 Jun 2002
I bought this book on the strength of George RR Martin's other works and was in two minds once I received it - the blurb reads like the worst of romantic fantasy and with commendations by Anne McCaffrey and Marion Zimmer Bradley (sorry but...) and a "young girl achieves her dreams of flying and makes the world a better place" plot synopsis.

Frankly I thought there was no hope for this story by this point. Still, I'd bought it and, even if it sounded like it was turgid wishy-washy idealism and escapism, I was going to have to read it...

Early next morning I finally finished the book and managed to put it down and get some sleep. Yes, the main character is a somewhat foolish idealist with a dream of flying and breaking down the caste system, but the story is about much more than that, it shows that even great and noble actions like establishing equality can have disasterous consequences and that changing the law to be "fairer" may sound good in principle but when it hurts your friends then your idealism wavers.

Definitely recommended and slightly off the well worn track of mainstream fantasy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the Best
Georgge RR Martin's characterisation is simply the best in the business, and this collaboration with Lisa Tuttle simply can't be put down. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2005 by Mark Habgood

3.0 out of 5 stars Its not bad but......
I bought this book on the strength of ice and fire a truly imaginative and great read. I kept it safe to read on my holiday, I started to read it and immediately was struck by the... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars George Martin just keeps getting better
Less than a year ago i had never heard of George R.R Martin until someone gave me a copy of A Game of Thrones and since then i've been hooked. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone wishing to change the world!!!!
What can I say about this book..... well its excellent.

This is not a story about a poor village girl who finds out that she is the heir to a lost kingdom or set or wings... Read more

Published on 6 Feb 2001 by Mr. A. J. D. White

5.0 out of 5 stars I believe I can fly!
I hadn't read anything by Lisa Tuttle before, but I am a big fan of George R.R. Martin.

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