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The Lightstone - David Zindell

Description: ISBN 0006486207 / Author: David Zindell / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy

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... looking up?). He was born with a peculiar lightning bolt scar on his brow, and if there aren't enough portents in his background already, he starts seeing visions of the Lightstone just as soon as news of the quest reaches his father's castle. Well, Val duly sets out towards Alonia. As he does so he begins accumulating companions (in much the same way that lemmings accumulate friends and relatives before jumping off the top of Scandinavian cliffs) There are would-be assassins and sinister hunters on his track befo...more

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The Lightstone - David Zindell: No light in this old stone (1402 words)
by - written on 08/08/03 (Very useful, 64 readings)
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Back in the late nineties, David Zindell wrote a very fine science-fiction sequence, "A Requiem for Homo Sapiens". These four books (Neverness, The Broken God, The Wild, and War in Heaven) contained some of the most striking writing, vivid spectacles, memorable characters and insightful presentations of philosophy and religion seen in SF for many a year. Zindell, remarkably, managed to turn even the most esoteric mathematics into lyrical and delightful prose. The Lightstone is his first venture into Fantasy, and you really would have hoped to see an innovative and exciting piece of work from this highly capable author. Well, first of all, ... Read the complete review