Daniel Keys Moran

I thought this was a much, much better book than Emerald Eyes. The plot is big, complicated and compelling. The characters are better developed and more interesting. Sedon is particularly compelling--sociopathic villain and heroic Prometheus rolled into one. The A.I. characters play a small, but important role, that clearly leaves plenty of room for further development. Moran's ambitious, many-layered "Tales of Continuing Time" Universe begins to make sense, but still leaves many unanswered show more questions. After reading The Last Dancer, I can understand both why the series has attracted a fiercely loyal fan base, and why these fans continue to hope for the release of further installments. show less

This was a good time to read, and I dreaded coming to the end because I knew that it was going to end without, well, ending. I'm hoping that three years is long enough, and that DKM will be bringing out the next book soon. I enjoyed this. It's not often, any more, that something holds my attention in this way. The best thing is that DKM has a handle on how writing code works, and how people think problems out.

This was published while he was still writing Emerald Eyes. I wonder if he realized how quickly his life was about to change?

It's a remarkable first book. which I'd expected, since I was already familiar with him as an author from various short stories in the SF magazines. It has the feel and breadth of many of Hunter S. Thompson's works (unsurprising, of course), and it's still one of his best.

Another highly entertaining novel from Moran. This author has a real knack for fleshing out memorable and truly unique characters, and both Jalian and Georges clearly fit this bill. Moran also paces his novels well, building momentum that makes it nearly impossible to put the book down as you near the end. My only real quibble with the book was an ending that left me somewhat confused, even after reading it twice.

If you are a fan of fast paced scifi adventure stories, and you haven't tried show more Moran, seek out his often hard to find books. That's what abebooks.com is for, right? show less