In this exemplary work of pyschological acuity, the reader encounters a world where mankind has reached deep space. Separated from Earth and each other by unimaginable reaches of stars, forced to adapt to various diverse plantetary environments, the colonies have become isolated and inward looking, forgetting their pasts, losing touch with their humanity—that is, until a mysterious ship is found locked in the deep rock by a mining team, sparking a deadly conspiracy that threatens man wherever he is.
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Starred Review. Initially, this impressive novel by British SF rising star Levy will fascinate but also puzzle readers. The characters are immediately intriguing, the writing vivid and tight, but how do the sections of action fit together? What does dangerous tunneling beneath the inhospitable surface of far-off planet Haven have to do with the way brutal lords control villages on the forest world Haze? And what could these distant civilizations have to do with a near-future televangelist exploiting human weakness on Earth? However, as scene follows melancholic scene, some containing disturbing violence committed on or by children, cross references begin to show that the parts are somehow related. Even as connections are revealed, it's never safe to relax into easy assumptions about the relationships among Levy's believably flawed, sometimes monstrous but sometimes hopeful characters as they explore the pain of alienation and the improbable miracle of isolated people coming together. (Sept.)
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Earth lies uninhabited. The planets Haze and Haven are its legacy. On Haven, humans live underground, restricted in their movements, activities, and thoughts. On Haze, the ruling Lords of the AngWat seize children from their families and destroy entire villages to keep down the population. When a group of miners from Haven discover the remains of an orbital escape pod containing knowledge that contradicts everything they have known, they become fugitives, marked for death and drawn to a rendezvous with rebels from Haze determined to find another way of life. The author of Reckless Sleep and Dark Heavens provides another dystopian vision, this time of places beyond Earth. Three separate threads merge into one tapestry of deceit and misaligned hopes in a tale of survival and struggle that belongs in larger libraries.
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Dark heart,
This review is from: Icarus (GollanczF.) (Paperback)
This novel takes me to places I've not seen, places I dread, places so compellingly imagined that they look like real memories. The writing is subtle and controlled. The writer is clearly interested in power and persuasion, and the visions of hope offered to people by their (our?) leaders. The Captain is a particularly haunting character, disturbingly familiar in some ways and yet unique. At the heart of it all is a current of despair at our appetite for self-destruction. Icarus indeed.
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Where cows bark and kittens quack,
By Tom Smedley "Tom" (RTP NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Icarus (GollanczF.) (Paperback)
I just completed a sojourn in a strange land, where cows bark and kittens quack.
When a Christophobic socialist tries to create a mass-murdering villain in the shape a televangelist, his narrative parts company with believability -- quite an achievement in the genre of science fiction! The man knows not whereof he speaks, and his ignorance is a jarring discord in an already ugly story. Science fiction is a genre more powerfully shaped by personal loyalty to authors than most other flavors of literary endeavor. I'm alienated, and don't expect that I'll need to read anything else Roger Levy wrote.
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