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Diamond Mask – well, no one bats 1.000

Diamond Mask by Julian May

October 12, 2019 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

It had to happen eventually, I did not care for this book, the first one in the series that I would describe in this manner. Why? The titular character, Dorothea MacDonald. All of the previous books, including the ones set in the Pliocene, are focused on the Remillard family. The abrupt shift to another character, and one who is not terribly sympathetic early on, is jarring. Diamond Mask is placed in danger from an early age by Hydra and Fury, and it honestly does not […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: alien, family drama. teilhard de chardin, Julian May, mind powers, psychic

MarkAbaddon's CBR11 Review No:16 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: alien, family drama. teilhard de chardin, Julian May, mind powers, psychic ·
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Jack the Bodiless – a worthy addition to the series

Jack the Bodiless by Julian May

October 12, 2019 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

This book kicks off the last part of Julian May’s Galactic Milieu series and does so with aplomb. References to Jack Remillard had been numerous in previous books but always vague. It had been stated that he was, arguably, the most powerful psychic ever born but why he did not have a body and how he died was never fully explained. The story begins with a death, that of Denis Remillard’s brother Victor, who had been the main antagonist in the earlier books. As Victor […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: alien, family drama. teilhard de chardin, Julian May, mind powers, psychic

MarkAbaddon's CBR11 Review No:15 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: alien, family drama. teilhard de chardin, Julian May, mind powers, psychic ·
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