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| Original Title: | The Adversary (Saga of the Pliocene Exile, #4) |
| ISBN: | 0345352440 (ISBN13: 9780345352446) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Saga of the Pliocene Exile #4 |
| Characters: | Aiken Drum |
Julian May
Paperback | Pages: 472 pages Rating: 4.22 | 5165 Users | 85 Reviews
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Until the arrival of Aiken Drum, the 100,000 humans who had fled backward in time to Pliocene exile on Earth knew little but slavery to the Tanu, the humanoid aliens who came from another galaxy. But King Aiken's rule is precarious, for the Tanu's twisted brethren are secretly maneuvering to bring about his downfall. Worse, Aiken is about to confront a man of incredibly powerful talents who nearly overthrew a galactic rule. He is Marc Remillard. Call him...The Adversary.
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| Title | : | The Adversary (Saga of the Pliocene Exile #4) |
| Author | : | Julian May |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 472 pages |
| Published | : | September 12th 1987 by Del Rey Books (first published 1984) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.22 From 5165 Users | 85 ReviewsPiece Based On Books The Adversary (Saga of the Pliocene Exile #4)
George R.R. Martin can suck it. Ten years before Martin started his yet unfinished Song of Ice and Fire, May's four Pliocene Exile books were published at a rate of one every year between 1981 and 1984. And they are epic. Dense and filled with grand world-building concepts and vocabulary (although tinged with a bit of anachronism in places, mostly in some out-of-date ethnic clichés), The Adversary was a solid ending to a science fiction story set six million years ago. Rest in peace, Ms. May -Satisfactory ending to an overall satisfactory science-fictionish epic. I found it hard to buy Marc as a real Abaddon (perhaps the books set prior to the series lay groundwork for that?), and I never really got Elizabeth, but May managed to slot her mythic pieces together without too heavily straining the characters, and there was an amusingly literal big bang to end it all.I liked this series. Most of this was the concept -- men and fey living as gods in ancient times, wrought from technology
The conclusion of the saga. Felice has been zapped, but she seems to have d-jumped to fry Marc in the final milliseconds of her life. As Marc recovers he tries the obscure manoeuvre himself. Aiken faces and subsumes Mercy and then Nodonn, leaving himself in a vulnerable state as the grand tourney approaches and the Firvulag plan for Nightfall. Elizabeth tries to help but doesn't know what her destiny should be. A fantastic finale! I can't recommend this series enough, the writing is immense,
Storyline: 2/5Characters: 2/5Writing Style: 2/5World: 2/5This series has the distinction of making every subsequent volume worse than the one before. Despite having 1,748 pages in which to develop the Pliocene, I never felt that I got to know the Many-Colored Land. We were immersed in politics and war, distracted with minor romances and side-quests, and pelted with PK technobabble, Latin and French, but the only feeling I got for the land was that the mountains were taller and the fauna more
3.5 stars
My least favourite of the 4 Pliocene Exile books. It took me a while to get into this one, although eventually I found myself back into the flow. I have to admire the intricate nature of Mays plot and how it all ties together eventually. I did find that the sheer number of characters (not all of whom I remembered well) was part of the reason that it was slow going in the beginning. Also, the involvement of Marc Remillard was tiring to meI was much more interested in the other humans, the Tanu
I've finally found the kind of sci-fi I've been looking for! The kind of sci-fi that uses space and technology and made up sciences as plot devices and to make the setting/world all the more interesting but that has humans at its core. May creates a fascinating world that is incredibly well fleshed out, brilliant characters and fascinating socio-political dynamics. (view spoiler)[ Aiken and Felice looking their marbles over their use/search for power was good because it uses both a male and
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