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Lantern Road eBooks
by John T Cullen
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Lantern Road Summary
| "John T. Cullen has created a richly-realized far-future world in which strange wonders are revealed as considerable suspense builds. The characters are interesting, and the plot moves well, but the real star here is the universe in which the events take place, especially the inhabited moon, Shur, with its complex starfaring alien culture, reminiscent of Imperial Japan, but with strange complications--including multi-use fungi gardens and a third gender. Cullen's handling of detail is remarkable...a world that fans of sprawling, far-future SF will enjoy immersing themselves in, reminiscent as it is of Dune and some of Gene Wolfe's work."--Tim Pratt, Locus Online "From the start it took me through its twists and turns in a manner I never expected, but which fit perfectly. John Cullen delivers a fascinating tale of tragic alien love, star travel, and an amazing gift from one love to another..."--Joe Murphy, author "Lantern Road is remarkable...Cullen captures the richness and complexities of an alien world, focusing on details and texture so you actually feel you're there. He portrays three or four different species and make them come alive, particularly the trisexual Shurians and the poignant, bittersweet love story of Ramy, a Shurian, and Jory, a human. Indeed, the Shurians belong in the high creative company of Octavia E. Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy, in which humans and aliens mix their genes and get it on through the ooloi, a neuter third sex. Alien sex is seldom this good. Lantern Road is ...gripping...has high adventure, imminent danger, a likeable hero [and] leads to a surprising, fully satisfying ending that I guarantee you will never see coming."--John Rosenman, author "I was floored by many of the descriptive passages and conceits. Lantern Road is a sensuous and elaborate glimpse into a distant future--evoked, interestingly, by way of our storied past...but accessible and immediate because the writer, in lyrical, descriptive passages, has forged a civil... |
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