- Hardcover
- Publisher: Random House Value Publishing (April 11 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0517116448
- ISBN-13: 978-0517116449
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 626 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,302,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
May's newest series, following from her two Intervention titles, begins by combining galactic-scale intrigue with the smaller but no less turbulent affairs of the powerful Remillard family. In the mid-21st century, earth's humanity, led by the mentally gifted Remillards, is awaiting acceptance into the vast Galactic Milieu, a political and telepathic alliance of alien races. But some beings on earth, even some among the Remillard clan, are wary of the aliens. At this delicate juncture, Teresa, wife of clan leader Paul Remillard, conceives a child who promises to be the most powerful mental talent ever, but whose genetic defects condemn him to death under Milieu law. Meanwhile, a demonic force calling itself Fury has begun to kill off Remillards and others with "metapsychic" powers, creating a chaos that threatens to delay humanity's admission to the Milieu. The plot is engaging and May's prose adequate to it, but the story is marred by its unbroken focus on elites, with no attention paid to ordinary people, and by its aliens, who seem too much like humans. Literary Guild's Science Fiction Book Club selection.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
As a consortium of five alien races stands ready to accept Earth as a full partner in the Galactic Milieu, the birth of a very special child heralds a new stage in human evolution. As in Intervention and "The Saga of Pliocene Exile" series, May combines a compelling vision of humanity's future with the drama and political intrigue surrounding the Remillard family, whose metapsychic powers and personal ambitions shape the destiny of the world. Familiarity with the earlier books is helpful in unraveling the complex relationships in this ambitious trilogy opener; nevertheless, the author's imagination and careful choreography make this title a necessary purchase for most sf collections. Highly recommended. Science Fiction Book Club main selection.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Jack the Bodiless,
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This review is from: Jack the Bodiless (Hardcover)
Jack the Bodiless is a book I have read and re-read many times, each time enjoying the magnificent work of Julian May and she ties the story together with the earlier saga. My favourite line from the book alerted me to future books. Marc announces "they" were dead after a huge metapsychic battle with the Mad Felice. Pat asked who was dead, the little king or Felice. In his horribly injured state, he said the fateful line that drew me into the books. He said, "Cyndia, Jack and Diamond." My choice for the most profound line leading to Jack the Bodiless. And Jack on the beach with Mark on September 2 family picnic...that scene was incredible. I would like to meet Julian to discuss her books. In MY books, she has provided me with years of entertainment.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too many writing probloms to be worth it,
By Crissy Moss "Author and Artist" (Washington) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jack the Bodiless (Mass Market Paperback)
I tried to read it, really I did. I absolutely love new books, and trying new authors, however, the list of problems in this book clearly outweigh the list of virtues.The foreshadowing is overt to the point of intrusion. I want to find out what happens along with the characters in the book, not told outright. The grammar left a little to be desired, as did all the WIOS (that is "words instead of said"). The plot was stumbling and slow. The characters where kind of interesting, but nothing happened with them. I gave up about half way through it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great read and a fascinating continuity.,
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This review is from: Jack the Bodiless (Mass Market Paperback)
Jack the Bodiless is the first book in the Galactic Milieu Trilogy. This book and the rest of this trilogy should be read after reading the other related series, the Intervention books (Surveillance and The Metaconcert) and The Saga of The Pliocene Exile (The Many Colored Land, The Golden Torc, The Nonborn King, The Adversary). Those two series can be read in any order, but I would recommend perusing first the Saga and then Intervention. Those two series will give you a significant grounding in the characters and setting you encounter in the Galactic Milieu trilogy.I tried to read this book after reading the Intervention series and it was too jarring a transition for me at the time. So I put the book away for a few years and then came back later after having read the Saga of The Pliocene Exile and found this series much more comprehensible and absorbing. Once I came back to his series I read all three books in about a weeks time. The Galactic Milieu trilogy is set in the not too distant future where earth has been drawn by spacefaring aliens into a grand design of interstellar fellowship. The primary plot device of the series is the grand mental powers recently developed by humanity and the growth of the significant power wielded in this regard by the Remillard family. The story (and in fact the whole Galactic Milieu trilogy) is told as a recollection of Rogi Remillard a familiar character to those who read the Intervention books. Many times his is the voice telling the story and at other times we transition to the individuals themselves to see from their perspective. This book is mainly about the events that form around the time frame encompassing the gestation, birth and early life of Jack the Bodiless. These events include the early life of Marc Remillard and the threat to the Remillard family caused by the Fury and Hydra entities. I found the Remillard family interaction and characters created in the series to be very compelling overall. The continuity of events ties neatly into the other series, but unfortunately without those books it can be a bit daunting to pick up on references and terminology in this book. To get the full effect that previous events have had on the characters in the book (enormous in many ways for Rogi, but often glossed over by him in these books to avoid dwelling on unpleasantness) it is almost required that one delve into those previous series. I highly recommend this book, but only after the above mentioned series have been read.
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