Michael Flynn’s third installment in his January Dancer series falters nae a bit, with such lines as these:
“A faint band of red has cut the throat of night and bleeds across the eastern horizon.”
I’m only half through this one but it’s already safe to say it’s as good as the first two about the Fair-haired Donovan, and well worth your time if you like complex, near-literary Celtic space opera.
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“If we fall into a Dalton, let alone a Maunder, we may again see those picturesque post cards of snow enshrouded Christmases. So pray for global warming, friends.”
But before you assume the position (whichever one you favor), read it all.
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If you’re tired of the phrase “surfing the Internet” (since water and electronics are a poor mix) try Sci-Fi author Michael Flynn’s locution (from his novel In The Country of the Blind): “mousing the Internet.” Makes a lot more sense. Since you already have a mouse, right?
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Michael Flynn’s 2006 Sci Fi novel Eifelheim, is a winner.
It’s a story that plays against type from the beginning and never lets go. Very imaginative and well done, particularly the dialogue between the Medieval European villagers and the grasshoppers from the stars.
I kept hoping the latter would save the former but finally realized they couldn’t. They weren’t much better equipped than their hosts. It’s a sad story but not a hopeless one and that makes it especially memorable and appealing.
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