Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Galactic Millieu- The Adversary

The Adversary by Julian May

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And so this chapter of the Julian May’s epic saga ends, not with a whimper but with a bang. Many of the issues with certain characters becoming overpowered in the last volume are addressed in this one and Marc Remillard, the Adversary (or Abaddon) takes center stage for much of the story. The reader finds out much more about his motivations and what instigated his rebellion. He is no stock villain, he believes in humanity’s potential and simply wants to see it realized. Yes, it […]

Galactic Millieu – The Nonborn King

The Nonborn King by Julian May

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After a bit of a dip in the last volume, this one is an improvement as a major new character is introduced and others become more well defined. The character is Marc Remillard, part of a family that had been referenced obliquely before and referred to as the main family of psychics in humanity. In my first review within this series, I mentioned a Paramount Grand Master being the pinnacle of psychic ability, and Marc is Paramount in a number of psychic powers (the 5 […]

Galactic Millieu Epic – The Golden Torc

The Golden Torc by Julian May

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My enjoyment of the series starting dipping a bit starting with this book because May took great pains to establish certain rules in the first volume and then started playing a bit loose with them here. One of the rules was that no human who had metapsychic powers could ever use the one way time gate. The reasons for this are not really well established, nor is it ever explained why none of any of the alien races ever wanted to go into the past […]

Re-reading a much loved series

The Many Colored Land by Julian May

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I love writing reviews but some are harder than others. There are some books one reads as a teenager or young adult that help shape their interests, their philosophies, really begin to define the template for who they are as a person. For me, those books included the Lord of the Rings, Thomas Covenant and yes, the 9 books within Julian May’s Galactic Millieu epic. So it will be challenging for me to be completely objective about these books. The answer to why this book […]

It is not about a whale that eats a wolf (spoilers)

The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky

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The Wolf in the Whale is a fantasy. It is a what if fantasy. It is a mixing of Inuit belief with Norse mythology. It is about the clash of cultures. The story is told by Omat, a young Inuit who first tells of his life with his family, a family who needs more people, and then what happens when more Inuit show up, and then what happens when funny looking pale people show up. The thing is that, if we are being honest, this […]

First book in a new series

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

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When I first heard that James was writing a fantasy that used African myth, legends, and folklore, I was very excited, so it should be noted I had high expectations of this novel. Also, I love James’ but it takes about 100 or so pages for me to get into his books, but then I can’t put it down. So, here’s the thing – most readers are going to fall into one of two camps with this book – you are either going to love […]



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