The Light Ages
Ian R. MacLeod,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) on 04-06-2004
Ian R. MacLeod,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) on 04-06-2004
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780441011490 (0441011497)
ASIN: 441011497
Publish date: April 6th 2004
Publisher: Ace Trade
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Speculative Fiction,
Steampunk,
Alternate History,
Weird Fiction,
New Weird
Series: The Aether Universe (#1)
(I got this book from NetGalley, in exchange for a honest review.)There's quite interesting world-building here, and I really liked discovering what the author developed in "The Light Ages". An England dominated by Guilds, owing their rank and power thanks to the mysterious aether and how it made sp...
Theres a revolution in this book, but it turns out you need to care about the past for it's shattering to have any emotional or narrative impact. When one character accuses the protagonosts of trying to destroy her world, it means nothing, as we never got to have any real sense of her world and why ...
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