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Ancient Light (Golden Witchbreed #2)
by
Mary Gentle
This gracefully written sequel to Golden Witchbreed powerfully depicts the impact of a high-technology civilization on a decaying planet. Ten years after having served as Earth's first envoy to Orthe, which is struggling to survive after a planetwide holocaust millennia ago, Lynne de Lisle Christie returns there as an advisor to PanOceania, one of Earth's giant multination...more
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(first published December 15th 1988)
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Hmm, where to begin. The unstable narrator who is walking on a razor's edge. The annoying first person narrative. These comments may seem like nails in the coffin, but they're not. Its just that Golden Witchbreed gained traction far earlier than this book did.
Gentle is a more than competent writer. Especially in this book. My misgivings about the "I this" and "I that" tiresomeness aside. Just as in Golden Witchbreed, the author paints an engaging landscape and memorable characters (although alot...more
Gentle is a more than competent writer. Especially in this book. My misgivings about the "I this" and "I that" tiresomeness aside. Just as in Golden Witchbreed, the author paints an engaging landscape and memorable characters (although alot...more
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A re-read. I should probably note that I adore the prequel to this book, Golden Witchbreed. You love sense of wonder-planetary romance-science fantasy-finding home in an alien place books? Then Golden Witchbreed is for you. However, it's not about saving the world. (A relative rarity in SF/F.) And neither is Ancient Light. Oh boy, is this book ever not about saving the world.
Golden Witchbreed has an exquisite balance of realizations, discoveries, love, betrayal, acting, thinking, and talking. An...more
Golden Witchbreed has an exquisite balance of realizations, discoveries, love, betrayal, acting, thinking, and talking. An...more
Sequel to Gold Witchbreed. 10 Years later Lynne Christie is back on Orthe. This time she feels torn by feeling as if she belongs to both cultures. Earth of course is again looking for old and great technology but Lynne at times feels as if she is going mad trying to stop Earth's exploitation and the old conflicts reigniting. Brilliant, as is the first book.
It's all about expectations I suppose. This is a sequel to Golden Withchbreed which I stumbled upon as part of an EBay bulk sci-fi book buy (which is a great way to get lots of cheap Good Reads, by the way). I was surprised at how good the prequel was since the cover was kind of sappy looking and I had never heard of the author before. I really enjoyed the prequel, and sought out Ancient Light hoping for more of the same. Instead I got less of the same. The world had changed too much, unnecessar...more
Again loved it, just wish the one she fell in love with could have been in it more and their relationship grown more.
Interesting read, but again, a difficult style to get through.
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Writes erotica under the pseudonym Roxanne Morgan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia:
Mary Gentle's first published novel was Hawk in Silver (1977), a young-adult fantasy. She came to prominence with the Orthe duology, which consists of Golden Witchbreed (1983) and Ancient Light (1987).
The novels Rats and Gargoyles (1990), The Architecture of Desire (1991), and Left to His Own Devices (1994), together with s...more
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Excerpted from Wikipedia:
Mary Gentle's first published novel was Hawk in Silver (1977), a young-adult fantasy. She came to prominence with the Orthe duology, which consists of Golden Witchbreed (1983) and Ancient Light (1987).
The novels Rats and Gargoyles (1990), The Architecture of Desire (1991), and Left to His Own Devices (1994), together with s...more
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