- Mass Market Paperback: 10 pages
- Publisher: Spectra (July 1 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553562886
- ISBN-13: 978-0553562880
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,093,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Though billed as a novel about the Earth imperiled by a colliding asteroid, and though such an asteroid, called Icarus, does indeed threaten the planet in Hand's third novel, readers should not expect a familiar near-future disaster thriller. Instead, Hand combines a variety of science fiction elements into an original and colorful weave. Hundreds of years in the future, various factions war over Earth's fading resources, and "geneslaves"--the products of genetic engineering--serve their human Masters. But that's changing. An ancient military android, dubbed Metatron, has fomented a rebellion of the geneslaves. The Aviator 'Imperator' Margalis Tast'annin, who died at the end of Hand's Winterlong but is now resurrected in a cyborg body, pursues Metatron. Meanwhile, other characters from Winterlong end up among the rebels. In all the confusion, warnings about the asteroid have gone unnoticed save by Metatron, who sees the coming cataclysm as the final blow against the Masters. Hand keeps the story moving briskly, and her future world is filled with vivid images made more striking by her evocative prose. The only drawback is the inconclusive ending--the story will obviously be resolved in a later book.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The energumens, creatures who are the result of centuries of genetic engineering, threaten to come to earth to lead the other bioengineered slave races in a war against humanity.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
sad, sad,
By A Customer
This review is from: ICARUS DESCENDING (Mass Market Paperback)
it's not as bad as one of these reviews might lead you to believe. . .Some truely interesting concepts are presented, but as a sequel, and I guess as a book in general, it really does fall short. Too many loose ends and meandering sub-plots. A STRONG dissapointment, but if you've enjoyed Hand's other books, this probably IS worth a look (if you have nothing better to do.)
4.0 out of 5 stars
A truly peculiar end to a very peculiar series.,
By A Customer
This review is from: ICARUS DESCENDING (Mass Market Paperback)
Icarus Descending is a very interesting tale, mostly looking at one particular question: if your total lifespan is only three years how do you view God or Salvation? What is important when you are literally born to work as a slave for 1000 days and then be discarded? This book has a wildly black look at a possible future, brain eating in various guises and a really peculiar look at deepspace geneslave paganism. Lovely.
1.0 out of 5 stars
A crushing disappointment!!!,
By darcy@rockies.net (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: ICARUS DESCENDING (Mass Market Paperback)
If there was a zero rating option, I would have picked it.I LOVED the two predecessors to this novel, Winterlong and Aestival Tide. Elizabeth Hand had drawn us into a dark future frightening and enthralling. Icarus Descending, on the other hand seems to have been written by someone who couldn't care less about the first two books... Everything in the first two books lead to NOTHING. I was so disappointed by this book that I shall never read another by the author again. In fact, I threw away my copy of Icarus Descending and just pretend that it never existed.
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