![]() ![]() “The adventure that unfolds, powered by Stirling’s impressive stores of knowledge and extraordinary narrative skill, is an enormously entertaining read. An outstanding piece of work.”-Harry Turtledove Stirling combines complex, believable characters, meticulous research, and a fascinating setup to produce a book you won’t want to-and won’t be able to-put down. And it gets a little preachy as they discuss the creation of a new constitution. “One of the best time travel/alternative history stories I’ve ever read, period. At times, Island in the Sea of Time becomes a bit teachy as characters discuss token economies, division of labor, ship building, linguistics, farming techniques, iron casting, steam engines, canning, the production of gunpowder, the use and care of firearms, etc. “Meticulous, imaginative….Logical, inventive and full of richly imagined characters, this is Stirling’s most deeply realized book yet.”-Susan Shwartz, author of The Grail of Hearts ![]() “ite a good book…definitely a winner.”-Aboriginal Science Fiction “A compelling cast of characters…a fine job of conveying both a sense of loss and hope.”-Science Fiction Chronicle ![]() “A perfectly splendid story…endlessly fascinating…solidly convincing.”-Paul Anderson This is unquestionably Steve Stirling’s best work to date, a page-turner that is certain to win the author legions of new readers and fans.”-George R. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |