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gementI never would have read this book, except I was supposed to be weeding it off the shelves and I just couldn't bear to. So I checked it out instead, then truthfully marked it Not On Shelf.
There are so many spectacular books in this world that I haven't read, that I'll never know. It's mindblowing. I'm glad I didn't miss this one.
If you like Shadowrun, or post-apocalypse, or gods walking the earth, or Changeling, or any combination thereof, you'd probably like this book. There's realistically extended tech (mostly AI PDAs on steroids) and a heady blend of culture and superstition.
The premise is that background levels of magic started building up during WWII, gradually increasing until the cataclysmic Dream of '04. All the humans who survived were forced to pull up into small enclaves, fleeing from the gods and monsters and minotaurs. This story takes place within and between two of those enclaves: Edmonton's Southside and Vancouver's Chinatown.
By the book jacket, he's written at least one other book in this universe. I'm checking it out as soon as I finish Cryptonomicon.
Damn, I love books. I'd somehow forgotten that there were any really good books left to read, and that fantasy had more in it than Tolkein and Mercedes Lackey. Nothing against Tolkein, but I've already read him.
There are so many spectacular books in this world that I haven't read, that I'll never know. It's mindblowing. I'm glad I didn't miss this one.
If you like Shadowrun, or post-apocalypse, or gods walking the earth, or Changeling, or any combination thereof, you'd probably like this book. There's realistically extended tech (mostly AI PDAs on steroids) and a heady blend of culture and superstition.
The premise is that background levels of magic started building up during WWII, gradually increasing until the cataclysmic Dream of '04. All the humans who survived were forced to pull up into small enclaves, fleeing from the gods and monsters and minotaurs. This story takes place within and between two of those enclaves: Edmonton's Southside and Vancouver's Chinatown.
By the book jacket, he's written at least one other book in this universe. I'm checking it out as soon as I finish Cryptonomicon.
Damn, I love books. I'd somehow forgotten that there were any really good books left to read, and that fantasy had more in it than Tolkein and Mercedes Lackey. Nothing against Tolkein, but I've already read him.
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Date: 2004-03-15 03:31 am (UTC)This reminds me very much of the HBO original movie, Cast a Deadly Spell", in which Fred Ward is a lone (non-magic-using) PI in post WWII LA who finds himself wrapped up in Cthulhu-esque plot. One of my favorite flicks.