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I've loved some of his other books, but I found the main character unsympathetic. Stragely, I enjoyed the book more as a went on - McLeod's talent is undeniable, and his world-building superb - making up for the unevenness of this, his first novel.
I love Ian R MacLeod's writing, so what can I say in a review? Because I wouldn't even care what the story is. The mood of the story stays with me, the places seem real until I shake myself and remember he only made them up. This is some of the best science fiction around. I like a good action-packed space opera too, but when a writer creates a world, and a situation in that world, and then plunks down characters that could be me or you, I love that. This is what MacLeod does. For example in a s...
A priest struggling with his faith must find the source of a radiation sickness affecting the people in his parish.MacLeod writes well and the story is age old and profoundly simple. The question he asks is how can those who come from paradise understand the purgatory in which they serve? However, throughout the novel, we see that Father John's home life is in many ways far from perfect.
This review is from my second reading of The Great Wheel, the rating is the same both times: I gave it 5 stars back in 2013, and I'm happy to be able to leave that unchanged on a second reading following the turn of the year into 2021.Set in a future where hinted nuclear war and other calamities have rendered much of Africa and other parts of the world uninhabitable, the main character is Father John, an English priest who works in the Endless City - a sprawl along the North African coast packed...
Macleod’s pretty much ignored first novel is a slow, somber, and yet achingly beautiful book. This is a science fiction book with more than a couple hints of Graham Greene and Paul Bowles. A strange utopian Europe almost cured of all disease with Africa caste as an equally bizarre dystopia called the Endless City. Details slowly build up and reveal Macleod’s vision in full: of kelp oceans, radioactive valleys of the dead, controlled weather systems, and an almost fully computerized humanity (in
Depressing and sort of boring.
Long and depressingWell written and atmopheric this is a dystopia set in the middle east of the foture. Could have benefitted from some pruning.
so glad I had already read this author's Song of Time before I started this book. Only 2 stars because the dystopian world of this tale and what happens with its characters left me feeling extremely sad. Just started a book f his short stories and am enjoying it more.
According to my handy dandy Kindle listening app I gave up on that at the 28% complete mark. It was disappointing because I've had a hardcover of this book for ages and kept trying to get to it. I was super excited to see it on audio in the free amazon-prime-bundle-thingy. The world building was very nice, it just needed characters and some plot. I'm sure there was a plot coming eventually (I hope) but if it's not there by 28% and if at that point I don't really care about the characters either
