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The Many-Colored Land
The Many-Colored Land | Julian May
12 posts | 8 read | 1 reading | 9 to read
In the year 2034, Theo Quderian, a French physicist, made an amusing but impractical discovery: the means to use a one-way, fixed-focus time warp that opened into a place in the Rhone River valley during the idyllic Pliocene Epoch, six million years ago. But, as time went on, a certain usefulness developed. The misfits and mavericks of the futuremany of them brilliant peoplebegan to seek this exit door to a mysterious past. In 2110, a particularly strange and interesting group was preparing to make the journeya starship captain, a girl athlete, a paleontologist, a woman priest, and others who had reason to flee the technological perfection of twenty-second-century life. Thus begins this dazzling fantasy novel that invites comparisons with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Quin. It opens up a whole world of wonder, not in far-flung galaxies but in our own distant past on Eartha world that will captivate not only science-fiction and fantasy fans but also those who enjoy literate thrillers. The group that passes through the time-portal finds an unforeseen strangeness on the other side. Far from being uninhabited, Pliocene Europe is the home of two warring races from another planet. There is the knightly race of the Tanuhandsome, arrogant, and possessing vast powers of psychokinesis and telepathy. And there is the outcast race of Firvulagdwarfish, malev-o olent, and gifted with their own supernormal skills. Taken captive by the Tanu and transported through the primordial European landscape, the humans manage to break free, join in an uneasy alliance with the forest-dwelling Firvulag, and, finally, launch an attack against the Tanu city of light on the banks of a river that, eons later, would be called the Rhine. Myth and legend, wit and violence, speculative science and breathtaking imagination mingle in this romantic fantasy, which is the first volume in a series about the exile world. The sequel, titled The Golden Torc, will follow soon.
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The Many-Colored Land | Julian May
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I had heard this was really over the top but I can‘t say that it really was. It took a while for the setup but once it got going it was a fairly decent tale of fighting back against oppression. It left off on a sort of cliffhanger but I enjoyed this one enough to check out the next. It did show its age a bit but was still a solid escapist read.
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HeyT @TheAromaofBooks This was my #bookspin for the month 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 3y
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It‘s a little hotter than I like but there‘s a small breeze so I decided to do some porch reading. Bookly estimates I have about three hours left in this one.

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HeyT
HeyT
The Many-Colored Land | Julian May
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Hoping to get through a good chunk of this during my shift at the library‘s friends bookstore.

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So I‘ve read the prologue vignettes and three of the main narrative chapters so far and I still have little clue where this is going outside of the blurb. I‘m hoping that something somewhere will connect soonish.

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Not quite ready for bed yet so I‘m starting this one tonight. I heard it‘s over the top and you love it or hate it.

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Happy #BookSpin Day to all who celebrate!

I have to say I'm a bit nervous about the double but looking forward to tackling these from my list. I still have June's picks to do as well but I want these to be done first. I've heard the tagged is absolute nuts and that I'll love it or hate it so pretty excited to find out.

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I can't believe @TheAromaofBooks has already posted the reminders for June's #BookSpin. I've done the usual and substituted two new books to the same list as replacements for May's picks. I'm not sure exactly what two I'm hoping for this month. Just please not two chunksters lol.

TheAromaofBooks Yes, trying to read 1Q84 and The Once & Future King together looks like it would be a challenge! 😂 3y
HeyT @TheAromaofBooks The combo that would really kill me I think is 1Q84 and The Complete Grimm's or Black Prism. I kind of strategically put most of the chunksters at the top end hoping that numbers close to each other will be less likely to be picked. 3y
TheAromaofBooks I tried to read 1Q84 whenever Murakami was the #authoramonth but just couldn't get into it at the time. I'd like to come back to it someday, though, because the premise still really intrigues me. 3y
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The Many-Colored Land | Julian May
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It's that time again! Here is my #BookSpin list for March. I've done the usual and just substituted two new titles for the picks last month and kept the rest of the list the same. I'm still not feeling up to the bingo portion though.
As always thanks for hosting @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! No worries, the bingo isn't for everyone!! 4y
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Apparently it's that time again as @TheAromaofBooks has posted the #BookSpin reminder. Here's my list for February. I've kept it the same substituting The Many-Colored Land and The Silent Tower for January's picks. I can't wait to see what will be drawn on the second!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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Vinjii
The Many-Colored Land | Julian May
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Sunday ❤️ #dogsoflitsy #sciencefantasy

Tonton Read this many years ago, maybe a reread in order! 5y
Vinjii @Tonton It‘s my first time. 5y
Slajaunie That‘s a beautiful baby on the floor. 🐾 5y
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OnlyYoo
OnlyYoo
The Many-Colored Land | Julian May
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Dipping my toes into sci-Fi!

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The Many-Colored Land | Julian May

"Fuck you!" said the nun.