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12 ratings, 3.92 average rating, 5 reviews
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published
August 16th 2001
by Gollancz
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Paperback, 320 pages
isbn
0575070315
(isbn13: 9780575070318)
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Read in April, 2004
recommends it for:
fantasy lovers, environmentalists, anglophiles, rock stars, everyone
This book is extraordinary. It's premise is original: in a near-future England the summer the UK breaks up voluntarily, a bunch of rock stars end up trying to hold the country together after a coup topples the power structure. Sounds a bit ridiculous, but Jones draws you in with inventive yet believable worldbuilding and vivid characterizations. This novel is the unlikely but enthralling lovechild of dystopian sci-fi, Arthurian legend, an environmentalist protest rally, and a rock festival....more
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Read in November, 2008
I couldn't finish this book. While I normally enjoy a vision of a dystopian future, I couldn't get into this one. I didn't care about the characters, the context didn't interest me, and the writing failed to keep my attention. I even begrudge the $.50 it will cost me for turning it in late at the library.
Read in September, 2008
4.0 to 4.5 stars. Very original novel that is unlike anything else I have read to date.
Winner: Arthur C. Clarke Award (2002)
Nominee: Bristish SF Assn Award (2002)
Winner: Arthur C. Clarke Award (2002)
Nominee: Bristish SF Assn Award (2002)
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The copy says most of it: "Three extraordinary people in some most extraordinary times." I just remember getting depressed while reading it.
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First of series, adult contemporary AU-England fantasy.
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