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Loading... Something More (Gollancz SF S.) (original 2001; edition 2001)by Paul Cornell
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I was absolutely blown away by this book. A wonderful involved narrative that melds a thriller with some outstanding statements of loss and humanity (from the writer who brought us the Dr Who episode 'Fathers Day'), then throws a curve which leaves the head spinning. ( ) I was very keen on his last book but this one I found to be not quite so good. I have unanswered questions and the whole future of the human race, life after death, time travel, Aurigans thingy is making my head spin. I don't think it tied together very well, I think there were too many ideas. If teased out in a different story they could have been worthwhile, but in this case they didn't work very well together. no reviews | add a review
In the far future, Britain is a divided land, ruled by the great families. In the wilderness between the cities lies Heartsease, a grand country estate, now quite empty, but mysteriously well-tended. Reverend Jane Bruce of the Reformed Church of England is sent to bless the house for a family who wish to occupy it. But there¿s something her soldier bodyguard isn¿t telling her about the house¿s past. Booth Hawtrey, cursed to live forever, is investigating the house for the alien masters who have turned him into something not quite human. But why is their concern at once so urgent and so trivial? David Hawtrey, decadent and hedonistic militiaman, has dangerous plans for the house. But are they truly his own? Rebecca Champhert is Booth¿s biographer, David¿s ex-lover and Jane¿s unwilling victim. And it¿s up to her to unravel the story of Heartsease, a story that takes in the history of Britain, the gap between life and death, and the future of the human race. No library descriptions found. |
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