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Daystar and Shadow
1st edition paperback, fine (as new)
- GenresFantasyScience Fiction
222 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1981
About the author
James B. Johnson
22 booksAKA J. B. Johnson. Middle name: Blair
Was nominated for best first novel - Locus Awards - 1982 - Likely for "Daystar and Shadow."
Was nominated for best first novel - Locus Awards - 1982 - Likely for "Daystar and Shadow."
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
July 2, 2016
Found this book somewhere and was attracted to it's Frazetta-like cover by Ken W. Kelly. The book dates from 1981 and is in the standard Earth post-apocalypse canon. So far it's OK but nothing special - a standard blending of some typical post-ap sci fi elements. Internet info on the author is pretty sketchy... I just looked up the cover artist and he's better known than the author! He is the nephew of Frank Frazetta's wife! Got to visit FF's studio when he was a kid ...
- James B. Johnson appears to be yet another name under which G'reads has lumped different authors. I'll see what I can do about that.
Finished a couple of nights ago with this sort-of generic book. It's not bad and it's not good. If the author had been a better writer the same story might have been a bit more compelling. He gave it a shot and had a sort of minimal sci-fi career. Better than nothing, eh? This book is a perfect example of the limitation of the G'eads rating system. 2's not good enough but 3's too good. I'll give it a 2.75, which rounds up to 3*.
- Lots of typos and other boo-boos - a rush job?
- James B. Johnson appears to be yet another name under which G'reads has lumped different authors. I'll see what I can do about that.
Finished a couple of nights ago with this sort-of generic book. It's not bad and it's not good. If the author had been a better writer the same story might have been a bit more compelling. He gave it a shot and had a sort of minimal sci-fi career. Better than nothing, eh? This book is a perfect example of the limitation of the G'eads rating system. 2's not good enough but 3's too good. I'll give it a 2.75, which rounds up to 3*.
- Lots of typos and other boo-boos - a rush job?
September 20, 2009
I just couldn't get into this book. The narrator's voice was irritating, and he had a tendency to jump around and over-explain that put me off of a potentially interesting story.
March 11, 2018
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A fairly standard post-apocalyptic landscape, with fireworms inhabiting the desertified what is currently the southwestern USA; our hero, Daystar, and his girlfriend, Shadow, have more serious problems with the Christian cultists who want them dead, mainly because they are autistic. This interesting premise is executed in the usual way, not particularly bad but not particularly memorable either.
A fairly standard post-apocalyptic landscape, with fireworms inhabiting the desertified what is currently the southwestern USA; our hero, Daystar, and his girlfriend, Shadow, have more serious problems with the Christian cultists who want them dead, mainly because they are autistic. This interesting premise is executed in the usual way, not particularly bad but not particularly memorable either.
July 30, 2026
All in all I liked it but didn’t love it. It’s a very readable and entertaining book, but some of the big plot devices fell flat at the end. The middle was a little padded, but overall it’s a decent tale. I wouldn’t say seek it out, but if your like me and got this as part of a lot of book haul it’s worth a fun quick read.
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