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Elizabeth Ann Scarborough--winner of a Nebula Award for her novel The Healer's War, which was based on her experiences as a nurse in Vietnam--returns with a stunning tale about a prisoner-of-war camp set in the next century. No library descriptions found. |
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I like reading books which bring other dimensions into the story, especially around healing (tho that was not a major part of the book). While the Tibetan traditions weren't given much explicit attention, Viveka, under stress, became awareness of an undercurrent of chanting which helped her cope. I see there is a sequel and think that the traditions may be more prominent (unless there is internal dissension among the inhabitants for a story line, also highly likely).
Most of the story dealt with prisoners of war, and their guards. Not, in itself, very thrilling and prone to sterotyping. Now that I reflect, I didn't really like Viveka spouting back prisoner attitudes after she had developed more awareness of what was going on. It just seemed so out of character.
I noticed the resemblance to James Hilton's Shangri-la and appreciated Scarborough acknowledging it even tho it meant, once again, Viveka had happened to read some obscure book before these events.
I didn't believe the acid snow at the end, she should have left the effects just with the time warp. The ending was a bit rushed, summarizing people's lives. I guess that's when Scarborough realized she'd need to do a sequel. ( )