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Title: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy ISBN: 0-312-85406-4 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: This is not Science Fiction.
Comment: While this is a solid, oftentimes engrossing piece of supernatural fiction, this is not a Science Fiction novel. I was certain it was, since it won the Nebula Award for best novel. About 100 pages in, however, I was a little disappointed that it wasn't. But it is extremely well-written and all the characters are realistic, even as one in particular is quite insane. This is a story where modern archaeology clashes with ancient mythology through space-time. That may sound like Science Fiction, but this book feels more like fiction with touches of fantasy shown through a woman's mind thoroughly baked in the Yucatan sun. All in all, this is a good book with interesting characters and writing so good that it flows along unnoticed until you find yourself somehow turning the final page. Take care.
Rating: 5
Summary: Supernatural, paranormal mystery
Comment: Elizabeth is a troubled woman archeologist. She left behind her husband and daughter to pursue a dream. She also sees the shades of the past. Are they just visions of what once was, or are they ghosts? This haunts her through her life and she wonders about her own sanity.
Her daughter Diane comes to the latest archeological dig in search of her mother. Why did her mother really leave her? What haunts her, troubles her? Diane seeks to understand her mother while just barely able to bury her own resentment for the abandonment she experienced.
This story, however, isn't just about family dynamics, or lack thereof. This is a story of the present which abruptly becomes entwined with the past. One of Elizabeth's visions see her and talks to her. Elizabeth and Diane become embroiled in a dangerous game where they may not survive. Can love triumph over the danger they face? You'll have to read this WONDERFUL book to find out. This was a truly satisfying read that kept me up past my bedtime and wishing for more. Read this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: One of my top ten picks
Comment: This is a fantastic book, but falls into the "Speculative Fiction" category as upposed to traditional F&SF, which for me made it all the more endearing. It is a wonderful character and relationship study of mother and daughter. The charaterization is so authentic that these two women really come to life. Even down to the manorisms of the mother's smoking habit. The way she pauses to light each cigarette.
The mother is a famous archeologist who had little time for her daughters upbringing. Reluctantly her, now adult, daughter joins her on a dig of the Mayan ruins. Ghosts of the past, both the Mayans, and the mother and daughter, mix to bring the two women closer together.
One of the most unique aspects of this book is that the two women take turns telling the story, so that each chapter swithes back and forth between opposite view points.
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Title: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre ISBN: 0553296590 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Man Plus (SF Masterworks) by Frederik Pohl ISBN: 1857989465 Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg ISBN: 0446340618 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1986 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: No Enemy but Time by Michael Bishop ISBN: 0553281879 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough ISBN: 0553282522 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $47.00 |
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