Kefahuchi Tract Nova Swing, Book 2, (Paperback)

from revslick

If you've ever imagined what Schrodinger's box would look like if it were a world, then this is it. Harrison is an amazing world builder of the bizarre. I found myself even having dreams of this alter-reality. Unfortunately, his characters and story are lacking. I loved the world, but found mysel...

from kevinashley

This book is of a type that one rarely, if ever, encounters - a sequel that is utterly different in style and form to its predecessor. Nova Swing explores a patch of universe affected by the Kefahuchi tract that was introduced in 'Light'. But it isn't a sequel in a narrative sense, and I don't be...

from kevinashley

This book is of a type that one rarely, if ever, encounters - a sequel that is utterly different in style and form to its predecessor. Nova Swing explores a patch of universe affected by the Kefahuchi tract that was introduced in 'Light'. But it isn't a sequel in a narrative sense, and I don't be...

from tnt-tek

It's hard to characterize these latest entries from M. John Harrison. The setting of the universe butted up against the Kefahuchi Tract doesn't so much drive the plot as it allows Harrison to examine human nature as it might exist in a waking dream. The emotions of his players are not a product o...

from Bob_Kemp

I found this in parts compelling and baffling on first reading. It's a kind of SF noir that picks up on the same universe delineated in Light, one in which unimaginably old and intelligent civilisations have messed with the quantum fabric of the universe and caused uncontrollable ruptures in spac...