rave reviews revisited
Jul. 21st, 2009 12:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
adelaideseanThe Grand Conjunction continues to be treated very kindly.
Not Free SF:
"Resexed rising redux. ... A complex and psychologically dense work. Some of Williams' space operatic counterparts could probably take a lesson or two in bloat trimming from this gentleman." (Ouch!)
HorrorScope:
"...a vast, many chambered volume that actually manages to surpass its predecessors Saturn Returns, Cenotaxis and Earth Ascendant. ... A continuation of those novels? Yes. The same philosophical and cordial prose we have come to love? Yes. But what lies at this novel's heart is more layered in its transparency. Like a Russian Doll, the revelations slide away in a manner that the author himself probably found unexpected and even humorous." (True.)
Terra Incognita:
"This is a tale of unimaginable span. ... It doesn’t seem possible that a series of books could do or contain more. The Grand Conjunction concludes a grand achievement. Five stars."
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I don't want to inundate you with the full reviews, but I'm very pleased at how people have responded to the characterisation, the ending, and my little noir experiment. It reinforces my belief that, in SF, anything is possible.
Not Free SF:
"Resexed rising redux. ... A complex and psychologically dense work. Some of Williams' space operatic counterparts could probably take a lesson or two in bloat trimming from this gentleman." (Ouch!)
HorrorScope:
"...a vast, many chambered volume that actually manages to surpass its predecessors Saturn Returns, Cenotaxis and Earth Ascendant. ... A continuation of those novels? Yes. The same philosophical and cordial prose we have come to love? Yes. But what lies at this novel's heart is more layered in its transparency. Like a Russian Doll, the revelations slide away in a manner that the author himself probably found unexpected and even humorous." (True.)
Terra Incognita:
"This is a tale of unimaginable span. ... It doesn’t seem possible that a series of books could do or contain more. The Grand Conjunction concludes a grand achievement. Five stars."
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I don't want to inundate you with the full reviews, but I'm very pleased at how people have responded to the characterisation, the ending, and my little noir experiment. It reinforces my belief that, in SF, anything is possible.
