Preternatural [Paperback]

Margaret Wander Bonanno (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (1996)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000OTT8UU
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for fans of literary SF and media SF too, December 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Preternatural (Paperback)

I haven't even finished the book yet, I don't read quite as much as I used to anymore, but this book has me right back to loving to read. I don't need to synopsize it for you cause there are already plenty of those above. But if you like Star Trek and enjoy any kind of narrative complexity, or if you *hate* Star Trek and just love a good read, this is a really fun book. Kind of reminds me of a similar book, about a fantasy writer who got involved with the reality of her fantasy, someone email me with the title and author if you can remember it, that one was also literary-experimental and still easy-to-read. About ten years ago, I think the author was Kathryn something. In-something...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A phantasmagorical carnival ride!, March 20, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Preternatural (Hardcover)

A science fiction novel about a science fiction writer who writes a novel about a race of extraterrestrial telepathic jellyfish, the Egyptian pharoh Akhenaton, a female cousin of Jesus Christ, theories of creation and evolution, characters based on William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Shirley McClaine, alternate universes, a dying artist, and the librarian of the ancient city of Alexandria (all of which may or may not really exist)!! If this sounds like a confusing mess, it's not. Margaret Wander Bonanno whips us through this crazy novel like a rickety metal cart speeding through an amusment park thrill ride, keeping her steady hand on the controls all the way to the end. If Bonanno's next work improves on this one, she'll be an easy favorite for a Hugo or Nebula award. This is the kind of writing for which the phrase "tour de force" was invented! Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy read!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PRETERNATURAL is worth sorting out the initial confusion., March 12, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Preternatural (Hardcover)

PRETERNATURAL is so oddly delightful There are tons of inside literary references, and I suspect the more widely read one is the more of these will surface. A suspension-of-disbelief reading attitude helps, and patience is well rewarded. I was pleased to note that this is only the first book. S