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Aldair #3
Aldair, Across the Misty Sea
"I have done more than my share of wandering. In a few short years, I have been slave, scholar and master of ships. I have played no small part in the death of two great empires. I have nearly been eaten whole by the shapeless thing that guards the Great River. I have even soared above the earth like a large ungainly bird...
"Finally, I have come to know the handiwork of Man, in the sad and fearful land of Merrkia, across the Misty Sea. The terrible secret of that race has come to light at last, though it is a thing I can scarcely fathom even now. And if I have learned nothing more in my travels, I can say in all truth that I am proud to be the beast I am..."
-- Adair, late of the Venicii.
The Earth was still green and fully populated--its "men" were the products of a science that might have begun with the Dr. Moreau of Wellsian legend. Fate had chosen Aldair to seek the truth about Man. Why had Man created these new beast-races--and above all where had man gone?
"Finally, I have come to know the handiwork of Man, in the sad and fearful land of Merrkia, across the Misty Sea. The terrible secret of that race has come to light at last, though it is a thing I can scarcely fathom even now. And if I have learned nothing more in my travels, I can say in all truth that I am proud to be the beast I am..."
-- Adair, late of the Venicii.
The Earth was still green and fully populated--its "men" were the products of a science that might have begun with the Dr. Moreau of Wellsian legend. Fate had chosen Aldair to seek the truth about Man. Why had Man created these new beast-races--and above all where had man gone?
188 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 4, 1980
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Neal Barrett Jr.
133 books44 followersNeal Barrett, Jr. was a writer of fantasy, science fiction, mystery/suspense, and historical fiction. His story "Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus" was nominated for both the 1988 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
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August 18, 2013
I'm impatient to get to the bottom of this series. What had happened to humanity and why did it decide, against all sense, to uplift several animal species and set them in a direction that would repeat the same general course of human history? Frustration results when Aldair, in meandering quest mode, stumbles around, exploring extravagant dead ends. I should of course sit down and shut up: even when Aldair is going wrong, he winds up in the most interesting of dangerous places.
The spell finally breaks near the book's end, where the final conflict runs headlong into a tumble of new ideas, so the next book can take things in an entirely new direction.
The spell finally breaks near the book's end, where the final conflict runs headlong into a tumble of new ideas, so the next book can take things in an entirely new direction.
July 1, 2009
Another Aldair adventure. Aldair is a great character, not your standard superhero swordsman type. Interesting. And, he's a pig.
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