- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Del Rey; First THUS edition (Aug 12 1983)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345308387
- ISBN-13: 978-0345308382
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.2 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #321,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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By A.D. 2110 nearly 100,000 humans had fled the civilized strictures of the Galactic Milieu for the freedom they thought existed at the end of the one-way time tunnel to Earth, six million B.C.
But all of them had fallen into the hands of the Tanu, a humanoid race who'd fled their own galaxy to avoid punishment for their barbarous ways.
And now the humans had made the Tanu stronger than the Firvulag, their degenerate brethren and ritual antagonists. Soon the Tanu would reign supreme. Or so they thought . . . . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
But all of them had fallen into the hands of the Tanu, a humanoid race who'd fled their own galaxy to avoid punishment for their barbarous ways.
And now the humans had made the Tanu stronger than the Firvulag, their degenerate brethren and ritual antagonists. Soon the Tanu would reign supreme. Or so they thought . . . . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The perfect science fiction fantasy?,
By Martin (Jersey City, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Golden Torc (Mass Market Paperback)
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, and also by the quality of the writing. It's so different, and much better, than anything else I've read in the genre, and manages to largely avoid the usual time travel anachronistic and self-referential cliches. I've recently finished reading the whole thing (including the other Milieu books) yet again, and I'm still amazed and moved by the experience, from the initial familiarity with the need of the misfits to leave, to the ultimate understanding of Atoning Unifex. Tremendous stuff.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Whoever said time travel was easy?,
By "angel-of-the-abyss" (SYDNEY, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Golden Torc (Mass Market Paperback)
Rejoin the misfits of Group Green as they struggle to find a new home in the past. The peaceful Pliocene exile they were expecting has turned out very different. The Tanu, an elflike race of alien psychics and their goblinesque cousins the Firvulag battle for dominance in the Many Coloured Land of the distant past, and humanities rejects are caught in the middle. The subtle evolution of plot and character will have you glued to the page, cursing and bemoaning the fate of your favourite character, and we all have at least one! They didn't fit into the future, what makes you think they'll do any better in the past?
5.0 out of 5 stars
It just gets better,
This review is from: Golden Torc (Mass Market Paperback)
Continuing with one group of the characters from The Many-Colored Land, this volume in May's Pliocene Exile series introduces us to Tanu society in greater depth. Catch up with Aiken Drum and Co. as they gradually find their places within this new situation. Watch Elizabeth as she struggles with her destiny. Get the first glimpse of a new power which will make the next two volumes so stressful.Never before have I read such a coherent and well-considered setting. Too much series fiction either consists of disparate works later retrofitted to a common universe or poorly-realized attempts to emulate Tolkien, etc. May has created a vigorous and exciting world that sucks the reader in and doesn't let go. Check it out!
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