Mutant Prime

Fire in Winter #2

by Karen Haber

fiction

Genres: Science Fiction

272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1990

About the author

Karen Haber is the author of nine novels including Star Trek Voyager: Bless the Beasts, and co-author of Science of the X-Men. In 2001 she was nominated for a Hugo for Meditations on Middle Earth, an essay collection celebrating J.R.R. Tolkien. With her husband, Robert Silverberg, she co-edited Best Science Fiction of 2001, 2002, and the Best Fantasy of 2001 and 2002 for ibooks and later, co-edited the series with Jonathan Strahan through 2004.

Her recent work includes Crossing Infinity, a science fiction novel of gender identity and confusions. Other publications include Exploring the Matrix: Visions of the Cyber Present, a collection of essays by leading science fiction writers and artists, Kong Unbound: an original anthology, an essay in The Unauthorized X-Men edited by Len Wein, and Transitions: Todd Lockwood, a retrospective of the artist's work.

Her short fiction has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and many anthologies. She reviews art books for LOCUS magazine and profiles artists for various publications including Realms of Fantasy. She is currently at work on a major survey of fantasy and science fiction artists to be published in 2011.

Reviews

[Julie Decker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Set fifteen years after the previous book, we see more interaction between mutants and non-mutants as political allies and romantic partners, plus the added complication of a super-mutant introduced into the fray.

I just couldn't follow it. There was so much external direction for the sake of the plot that I completely could not connect to anyone in the book, and they wanted things for reasons I couldn't figure out.

[Swankivy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this and its prequel from the library because I like reading about unusual humans. This was a bit disappointing but it was all right, just too epic for my taste, at the expense of its characters.