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Nonborn King (Saga of Pliocene Exile)

6 reviews
Julian May

Del Rey, 1987

Why can't I rate it 6 stars? Bravo!
Julian May continues in her tradition of exotic, colorful, vivid landscapes and characterizations in the Nonborn King, book three of the Saga of Pliocene Exile. IMO, this is the best writer for descriptive, smooth prose in the business. Book Three centers on Aiken Drum, a trickster misfit who has emerged with awesome psychic powers, and leader of a faction of Tanu-- those psychic aliens that ...

The Many-Colored Land

33 reviews
Julian May

Del Rey, 1985

Works for me
I've been reading science fiction for a long time and confess to a weakness for space opera. Of all the universes I've visited, this one doesn't let go. I've read all 9 of the books that comprise May's Galactic Milieu universe--at least four times. There are two reasons folks love this universe, particularly the Exile quartet: the delightful mixture of classic sci-fi elements with fantasy, and ...

Ironcrown Moon (Boreal Moon, Book 2)

4 reviews
Julian May

Ace, 2006

reminiscent of the LORD OF THE RINGS
The former prince of Cathra is King Conrig of High Blenholme and the former independent kingdoms are now vassal states. The king sits uneasily on the throne because he has a small amount of magic as does his three sons. By law, all of these royals are not suited to rule. He is desperate to keep this a secret but he learns that his first wife that he divorced because he thought she was barren ...

The Black Trillium

26 reviews
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, ...

Bantam Spectra, 1991

Great read !
This book is truly what introduced me to these superb authors .It's definately one of the best books ever written .Magical ,interesting ,fast moving,it has all the qualities to a good book .I adored the creatures they invented ,the Oddlings ,the tree varts ,the Glismak ,the Skritek ,and everything else .They develope a wondreful feeling that I've barely felt before . Here is the plot :Three ...

The Surveillance (Intervention, Book 1)

8 reviews
Julian May

Del Rey, 1988

A good read-- prequel to the Pliocene Exile Series
I found it interesting that Julian May viewed her Galactic Milieu Trilogy as her tour de force. She thought about it for years according to her interviews. She wrote the Pliocene Series as a means of introducing the reader to many of the concepts she thought might be difficult to digest without it. According to her, she wrote the first two books of the Pliocene Saga in like two months! ...

Sorcerer's Moon (Boreal Moon Tale Series)

5 reviews
Julian May

Ace, 2007

excellent fantasy
High Blenholme Island contains four separate kingdoms, vassal states to the sovereignty of King Conrig Ironcrown, who also rules over Cothra. When he united the island monarchies, he also dreamed of conquering the mainland, but the reality is that he is besieged on all sides leaving his present control precarious especially with the sentient amphibious Salka wanting to reclaim the island that ...

Adversary (Saga of Pliocene Exile)

16 reviews
Julian May

Del Rey, 1987

BLOWS MY MIND
My Dad has had the first three books in The Saga of the Exiles hanging around for as long as I can remember and I finally got around to reading them about 2 weeks ago. And I ate them up, hoo boy. The first three were a literary feast and by the time I finished The Non-Born King I NEEDED to read The Adversary and I finally found it in the library at my university. And let me tell you, folks, this ...

Magnificat (Galactic Milieu Trilogy, No 3)

27 reviews
Julian May

Del Rey, 1997

Super Reader
Marc Remillard is a fully committed rebel now, and has his own plans for humanity. His Mental Man is a huge brain, with fully harnessed mental powers and no bodily weaknesses. He ties into the xenophobia of the rebels, using his plans to make humans the most powerful operants in the galaxy to fuel their desire to help him. He develops technological aids to their power to try and help offset ...

Diamond Mask

10 reviews
Julian May

Del Rey, 1995

Diamond Mask
This is a magnificent and intriguing publication. It is written with a magnificent sense of prose, and I literally devoured it in a few sittings. The journey of Dorathea Macdonald as develops into a paramount operent is filled with tragedies, loves, and denial. To be concise, its a great book!

THE NONBORN KING (May, Julian. , Saga of Pliocene Exile, V. 3.)

2 reviews
Julian May

Del Rey, 1984

Getting into high gear
With the third volume of her Pliocene Exile series, Julian May kicks things into high gear. With the Tanu weakened from last volume's catastrophe, we are introduced to a new menace in the form of an old menace. This is the volume where May's incredibly rich backstory fully comes into play. In fact, the ideas presented here (and to a limited extent in the previous two volumes) provide fodder ...

Saga of the Pliocene #02: The Golden Torc

13 reviews
Julian May

Del Rey Books, 1988

The perfect science fiction fantasy?
I first read this series many years ago after a friend recommended it. Ever since, I've been searching in vain for more science fiction fantasy that captures me the way this one did. The four Pliocene books are, in my opinion, May's best. The others in the Galactic Milieu series run a close second. Her other stuff is so-so, readable but not exceptional. I was struck initially by the story, ...

Conqueror's Moon (Book One of The Boreal Moon Tale)

9 reviews
Julian May

Ace, 2005

To the "yawning" critics, I say go piffle yerself!
Egad, If I could only get one good cudgel swing at every critic out there w/ little to no support for their worthless opines... Folks, May is the "real deal": Her plotting is tight, her characters are fun (and flawed), and her dialog is very good (and often funny!) As others have mentioned, the magic "system" in this book is one of the best, period. Finally -- and so FEW of her ...

Mad Scientists (Monsters Series)

1 review
Ian Thorne, Julian May

Prentice Hall & IBD, 1977

Mad Scientists
This is not a bad book however it might be kind of hard for the average gradeschooler to understand, especially where the author does some moralizing about "there were some things man was not meant to know!" Did an ok job in commenting on movies like the Fly and Jekyll and Hyde. God I loved all these books -- they made a really bad childhood somewhat bearable...

There's Adventure in Jet Aircraft
Julian May, Robert Baker (illustrator)

Popular Mechanics press, 1959

The Nonborn King and The Adversary
Julian May

Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1984

Metaconcert (Intervention, No 2)

6 reviews
Julian May

Del Rey, 1989

A SEARCH.... SATIATED... EXPECTATIONS OVERWHELMED.
I read the Intervention, Part 1 way back in 1986... and I was waiting for Metaconcert to come out in 1987. I couldn't find one here in the Philippines. I tried all the bookstores, I tried putting out advertisements, I asked for it from friends, ( I even checked out the database of National Bookstore), until I bought my copy in 1998, right here at Amazon. I have read the others of this series, and ...

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