false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348914m/47916.jpg 47916 15 In the '80s, American music experienced an Australian invasion, and the '90s brought a literary Australian invasion, with prominent Down-Under SF/fantasy writers like Stephen Dedman, Greg Egan, Sean McMullen, Lucy Sussex, and the late George Turner receiving new or greatly increased American exposure. Award-winning author Isobelle Carmody, whose <I>Obernewtyn</I> (Book One of the Obernewtyn Chronicles) is finally available in the U.S, belongs in these ranks as well. <p> Appropriate for adult and young-adult readers, <I>Obernewtyn</I> is a fine post-apocalyptic novel in the tradition of Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series, Leigh Brackett's classic <I>The Long Tomorrow</I>, and the post-disaster novels of John Wyndham (especially <I>Re-Birth</I>) and John Christopher.<p> After the nuclear holocaust of the Great White, the surviving humans condemn all Misfits (mutants) to either death by fire or exile to Obernewtyn, a remote mountain institution where mysterious experiments are performed on some exiles. Elspeth Gordie is a Misfit, struggling to hide her mutant mental abilities and earn a Normalcy Certificate. But when her secret is betrayed, she is sent to Obernewtyn, from which no one has ever escaped. At Obernewtyn she finds not only dreadful experiments, but ambitious overlords who seek to use the Misfits' paranormal powers to recover the devastating secrets of nuclear war. <I>--Cynthia Ward</I> 3268255 book 1995 Obernewtyn (Obernewtyn Chronicles, Book 1) total:545|5:185|4:204|3:120|2:20|1:8| 545 2186 902 80 4 7 false false Wed Oct 30 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Jan 14 11:55:58 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 11:23:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Nov 06 11:59:26 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 05:25:23 -0800 2007
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I a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 21:33:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 22:13:44 -0700 2009 In a society recovering from a nuclear holocaust, misfits or mutants are either burned to death or sent to Obernewtyn, a mysterious facility in the mountains f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 05:02:13 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 05:30:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 11:12:08 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 11:22:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 30 08:44:39 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 08:57:55 -0800 2008 The post-apocalypse, nuclear holocaust survivor society story was interesting, but the man vs technology theme was oversimplified. I can't tell if I...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 01:57:02 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 18:16:07 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 26 13:44:31 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 21:24:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 04:20:45 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 12:19:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 29 14:23:28 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 18:24:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Sep 18 18:58:30 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 04 18:41:30 -0800 2009 1
Then I kept on reading. The book is short, primarily because there's so little of substance. Normally, I love the first book in a fantasy series because there ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 29 12:55:55 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 31 01:02:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 23 18:59:10 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 19:02:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 19:29:27 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 20:47:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 10:49:52 -0800 2009 Mon May 18 10:06:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 15:31:27 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 15:28:43 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 11 00:19:37 -0800 2009 Sat May 30 03:21:10 -0700 2009
Carmody used too much frivolous jargon ie. beforetime, oldtime, aftertime (maybe I made that one up), councils, misfits, herders, great white, the changing, councilcourt, seditioners, and it goes ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 26 19:54:04 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 19:56:24 -0800 2009 But...
Somehow it doesn't grip you. It doesn't feel _right_.
I still recommend this book, but only for fans of fantasy.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=47916