false 49834 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 49834 13 1385466 1980 Wizard (Gaea 2) total:490|5:144|4:194|3:119|2:31|1:2| 490 1917 635 19 27341 3.86 3821 347 8033157 86388 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.90 459 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 4 5 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 13:51:23 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 19:01:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 28372578 1142300 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 5 1 false Sat Jul 26 14:38:42 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 14:44:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 55497584 2245443 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 3 0 false Sat May 09 13:16:11 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 13:29:17 -0700 2009 Titan (Book 1 of the Gaea trilogy) to Riverworld and Ringworld, but another apt comparison would be to Ursula Le Guin's The Left hand of Darkness, though leaning more towards the feel of communes of alternate living the 70s.

Book 2 starts off slow, because of the concealed...more...]]> 66417837 2211698 3281687 0425092798 9780425092798 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3281687.Wizard 5.00 1 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Aug 06 08:09:46 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 11:35:39 -0700 2009 It also introduces some good characters, Robin of the Coven, and Chris the crazy. I liked Robin, but I didn't feel there was much character develop...more...]]> 53097830 1485065 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 3 0 false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 23:47:20 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 23:52:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5702874 349264 1836762 0425048284 9780425048283 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237150058m/1836762.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237150058s/1836762.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1836762.Wizard 3.67 6
Gaea's discoverer, Cirocco "Rocky" Jones, is now herself an inhabitant, plotting wizardry in the remote highlands between two of Gaea's brains. Gaea is old, perhaps dying. Wearily, she assures her usefulness to Earth by performing tawdry miracles.

Enter two pilgrims: Chris'fer, late of San Fransisco. And from the Coven on the dark side of the moon, Robin, small, nine-fingered, female with snake...]]> 1980 3 0 false Fri Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 05 07:50:57 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 04 04:54:15 -0800 2008 Sequel to Titan - 2 new main characters; a palsied witch from an L5 environment who has never been around men before & a young man who occasionally goes crazy - both are petitioning Gaea for a cure to their illnesses. They go on a grand adventure across th...more...]]> 50485713 2163176 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Mar 25 23:08:07 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 23:18:29 -0700 2009 67742438 1039098 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 4 0 false Mon Aug 17 09:35:32 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 09:37:00 -0700 2009 58034088 974210 2458641 0399124721 9780399124723 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1243842979m/2458641.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1243842979s/2458641.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2458641.Wizard_Gaea_2_ 3.80 5 Gaea is bored. She arranges for people looking for miracle cures to come to her & then sets them tasks to do 'heroic' things (including travel round the great wheel's circumference) & their wishes will be granted. This is her way of ensuring an enduring entertainment supply, as she arranges hazards for them to overcome or die trying. When not doing this she sits in the hub with sycophants & watches old movies.
Chris Major & 9-Fingered Robin are two such pilgrims. Chris suffers from psychotic episodes. Robin, member of a group of witches, has a strange epilepsy that only manifests itself in gravity higher than the moon's. With Gaby, Cirocco & four Titanides they set out on the trek. Gaby & Cirocco have a hidden agenda. They want to canvass the regional brains to try to overthrow Gaea, who they see as irretrievably insane.
During the trip, we learn what really drove Cirocco to alcohol. As the price for the discontinuation of the Angel/Titanide War, Gaea has made the Titanides dependent on her to have children. Only her saliva can activate the eggs they produce, so that they can be implanted in a host mother to grow. The responsibility for an entire race's survival is more than Cirocco can bear. With resignation impossible & suicide ruled out by her love for the Titanides, her only release is alcoholic oblivion.
The hazards of the trip include buzz-bombs, living creatures with jet engines living on support cables. They attack living beings, attempting to capture them as food, & present a particular threat to pilgrims with their barbed noses & razor-sharp wings. Slowly the journey reduces the crew, killing 1st a Titanides & then, in an attack plotted by the crazed crewmember Gene, Gaby. All are separated. Cirocco & her Titanide companion Hornpipe are left on the Rim surface, while Robin & Chris are trapped underground, with the Titanide Valiha who isn't only pregnant but has been badly injured. Eventually Robin has to leave Chris to tend Valiha & climb back to the surface for help. She finds herself in one of the Arctic cold zones of the habitat, almost dying before rescue.
Cirocco undergoes a complete transformation. She musters her powers to rescue all remaining expedition members. Robin & Chris go to confront Gaea, only to be told she has cured them anyway, & they can get lost. Afterwards Cirocco destroys the body Gaea was using to talk to people. This cannot kill Gaea herself, but it is Cirocco's way of resigning. Now she won't be the Wizard, but the Demon.]]> 1980 3 0 false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Mon Jun 01 01:09:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 01:11:14 -0700 2009 1 38919845 1328950 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982 Sat Nov 29 22:14:20 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 16:42:31 -0800 2008 2 13224739 649731 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 20:25:15 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 09:49:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 16724432 714745 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 0 0 false Fri Feb 29 15:46:17 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 15:46:17 -0800 2008 io9's list of 20 science fiction books that will change your life and added it here so I would remember to read it.]]> 34545539 1500210 2327282 0425072835 9780425072837 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2327282.Wizard_Gaea_2_ 4.29 7 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful & definitely insane.]]> 1980 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982 Sat Oct 04 20:10:16 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 20:10:16 -0700 2008 16673831 156533 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 0 0 false Fri Feb 29 04:35:49 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 04:35:59 -0800 2008 http://io9.com/361597/the-twenty-science...]]> 8279521 578242 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 4 0 false Fri Oct 26 10:32:12 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 10:33:15 -0700 2007 14885068 843271 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 4 0 false Thu Feb 07 22:47:53 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 22:48:40 -0800 2008 14180148 860248 49834 0441900674 9780441900671 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344m/49834.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364344s/49834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49834.Wizard 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of the alien Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful. And definitely insane.]]> 1980 3 0 false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 31 11:40:53 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 23 07:25:04 -0700 2008 32718129 1520404 2327282 0425072835 9780425072837 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2327282.Wizard_Gaea_2_ 3.91 490 Gaean Trilogy. 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