Mind's Eye [Paperback]

Paul McAuley (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: POCKET BOOKS (SIMO); New Ed edition (June 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743461584
• ISBN-13: 978-0743461580
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,226,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul McAuley's first novel won the Philip K. Dick Award, and he has gone on to win almost all of the major awards in the field. For many years a research biologist, he now writes full-time. McAuley's novel The Quiet War made several "best of the year" lists, including SF Site's Reader's Choice Top 10 SF and Fantasy Books of 2009. He lives in London. Visit him online at unlikelyworlds.blogspot.com .

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Oddly difficult to read., August 12, 2006

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frumiousb "frumiousb" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mind's Eye (Paperback)

I was looking for a good book that would not be too taxing, when I saw Mind's Eye on sale at the Waterstone's. It seemed like an excellent idea, since McCauley has consistently been one of my favorite speculative fiction writers.

However, the book simply did not deliver what I was looking to find. Generally, I love McCauley's characters. This time I found them warmed up and warmed over. Harriet, for instance, never really interested me. Too bad-- the characters have been one of the strongest things about books like Fairyland and The Secret of Life.

It may, in truth, be my own bias showing that I did not respond well to Mind's Eye. It is much closer to a thriller than speculative fiction, and speculative fiction is really much more my genre. Readers who enjoy more mainstream thrillers may find this is exactly what they are looking to read. It is not bad, exactly, it just was not up to the level that I normally find in McAuley's novels.

A strange piece of graffiti awakens a memory of childhood injury for Alfie Flowers. When he attempts to find the artist behind the tag, he finds out that he is not the only one in the chase. Mind's Eye takes its protagonists on a race through London and deep into the heart of Kurdish territory. Alfie must unravel the riddle of his own past in order to help solve the problem that the world is currently facing.