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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 […]

A book more relevant now than when it was first written

Intervention by Julian May

August 8, 2019 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

I admit it, this is the books I have been looking forward to the most when I decided to re-read this series and it did not disappoint. This chapter of May’s Galactic Millieu saga starts shortly after WW2 with the first births of humans with mind powers (as far as we know, there could have been isolated incidents earlier in human history, but this is the first time a small number were born around the same period). While there are several families in whom these […]

Galactic Millieu- The Adversary

The Adversary by Julian May

July 24, 2019 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

And so this chapter of the Julian May’s epic saga ends, not with a whimper but with a bang. Many of the issues with certain characters becoming overpowered in the last volume are addressed in this one and Marc Remillard, the Adversary (or Abaddon) takes center stage for much of the story. The reader finds out much more about his motivations and what instigated his rebellion. He is no stock villain, he believes in humanity’s potential and simply wants to see it realized. Yes, it […]

Galactic Millieu – The Nonborn King

The Nonborn King by Julian May

July 22, 2019 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

After a bit of a dip in the last volume, this one is an improvement as a major new character is introduced and others become more well defined. The character is Marc Remillard, part of a family that had been referenced obliquely before and referred to as the main family of psychics in humanity. In my first review within this series, I mentioned a Paramount Grand Master being the pinnacle of psychic ability, and Marc is Paramount in a number of psychic powers (the 5 […]

Galactic Millieu Epic – The Golden Torc

The Golden Torc by Julian May

July 21, 2019 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

My enjoyment of the series starting dipping a bit starting with this book because May took great pains to establish certain rules in the first volume and then started playing a bit loose with them here. One of the rules was that no human who had metapsychic powers could ever use the one way time gate. The reasons for this are not really well established, nor is it ever explained why none of any of the alien races ever wanted to go into the past […]

Re-reading a much loved series

The Many Colored Land by Julian May

July 21, 2019 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

I love writing reviews but some are harder than others. There are some books one reads as a teenager or young adult that help shape their interests, their philosophies, really begin to define the template for who they are as a person. For me, those books included the Lord of the Rings, Thomas Covenant and yes, the 9 books within Julian May’s Galactic Millieu epic. So it will be challenging for me to be completely objective about these books. The answer to why this book […]

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