The author of the acclaimed Pliocene Quartet offers an in-depth guide to a saga that ';has most closely matched J. R. R Tolkiens achievement' (San Francisco Chronicle). With its richly imagined universe and large cast of finely-drawn characters, Julian May's Saga of Pliocene Exile has won devoted fans across the globe who find new layers, details, and ideas with each reading. In the words of Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine: ';Julian May has made a new and fresh masterwork in the genre and has irrevocably placed herself among the great of fantasy and science fiction.' Covering all four novelsThe Many-Colored Land, The Golden Torc, The Nonborn King, and The Adversarythis reading guideoffers a plot chronology, the authors original maps, a descriptive listing of all the characters, and three delightful interviews with May herself. Beyond that, it gives the reader a chance to explore further the surroundings of a world six million years in the past. The glossary gives information on metapsychology, on the futuristic science of the Galactic Milieu, and on the exotic world of the Tanu and Firvulag. In all, A Pliocene Companion is a must for followers of the Saga.
| ISBN: | 9780547892481 |
| Publication date: | 27th November 1984 |
| Author: | May, Julian |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |