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| Washington
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By
Jeff VanderMeer |
| After
recapping the plot, the review says, "What
ensues is a splendid fantasy quest as compelling
as anything by Stephen R. Donaldson, Philip
Jose Farmer or, yes, J.R.R. Tolkien. However,
readers would do well to pass quickly through
the initial frame, set on an Earth that, as
envisioned by Kenyon, has none of the detail
or richness of Ian Mc Donald's novel."
He goes on to say, "Once in the Bright
(he means the Entire--kk) you can . . . experience
great wonder in the cities of this impossible
yet beautiful universe.
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by
Greg. L. Johnson |
| "Bright
of the Sky enchants on the scale of your
first encounter with the world inside of Rama,
or the immense history behind the deserts of
Dune, or the unbridled audacity of Riverworld.
It's an enormous stage demanding a grand story
and, so far, Kenyon is tellng it with style
and substance. The characters are as solid as
the world they live in, and Kenyon's prose sweeps
you up and never lets go. On it's own, Bright
of the Sky could very well be the book
of the year. If the rest of the story measures
up, it will be one for the ages."
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By
Rob H. Bedford |
| "With
a rich and vivid setting, peopled with believable
and sympathetic characters and fascinating alens,
Kay Kenyon has launched an impressive saga with
Bright of the Sky."
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| SciFi.com
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By
Paul Di Filippo |
| “.
. . this book will boost her profile considerably,
for it’s a bravura concept bolstered by
fine writing; lots of plausible, thrilling action;
old-fashioned heroism; and strong emotional
hooks . . . Kenyon can only go on from here
to a stature as tall as the Tarig sky city known
as the Ascendancy.”
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By
Regina Schroeder |
"In
the future conjured by the first book of The Entire
and the Rose, megacorporations control Earth,
and only the best and brightest get company jobs.
Titus Quinn was on his way, though, until he piloted
a Minerva corporation colony ship through a network
of black holes. The ship disappeared. Believed
dead, Quinn showed up six months later on a distant
planet that no transport had visited in years,
with disjointed memories of a parallel universe
in which the sky is fire. There he lost his wife
and daughter, also the ship. In hope that the
place will provide a safer alternative for interstellar
travel, Minerva sends him back. Once there again,
Quinn becomes embroiled in strange politics and
faces terrible choices and the emerging, awful
memory of what he did during his last stay in
the Entire. In a fascinating and gratifying feat
of worldbuilding, Kenyon unfolds the wonders and
the dangers of the Entire and an almost-Chinese
culture that should remain engaging throughout
what promises to be a grand epic, indeed. "
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A parallel universe has been discovered, and Titus
Quinn's wife and daughter are lost somewhere within
it. Determined to get them back, the former star
pilot crosses into the universe of the Entire,
a culture that resembles an alternate version
of China-and discovers that retrieving his family
is not as easy as he had thought in a world ruled
by an alien race seeking to conquer Quinn's reality.
The author of The Seeds of Time imagines a dystopic
version of our own world. Reminiscent
of the groundbreaking novels of Philip K. Dick,
Philip Jose Farmer, and Dan Simmons, her latest
volume belongs in most libraries.
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Starred Review |
Reviewed
February 19, 2007 |
| At
the start of this riveting launch of a new far-future
SF series from Kenyon (Tropic
of Creation ), a disastrous
mishap during interstellar space travel catapults
pilot Titus Quinn with his wife, Johanna Arlis,
and nine-year-old daughter, Sydney, into a parallel
universe called the Entire. Titus makes it back
to this dimension, his hair turned white, his
memory gone, his family presumed dead and his
reputation ruined with the corporation that
employed him. The corporation (in search of
radical space travel methods) sends Titus (in
search of Johanna and Sydney) back through the
space-time warp. There, he gradually, painfully
regains knowledge of its rulers, the cruel,
alien Tarig; its subordinate, Chinese-inspired
humanoid population, the Chalin; and his daughter's
enslavement. Titus's transformative odyssey
to reclaim Sydney reveals a Tarig plan whose
ramifications will be felt far beyond his immediate
family. Kenyon's deft prose, high-stakes suspense
and skilled, thorough world building will have
readers anxious for the next installment. (Apr.).
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