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A review by katmarhan
The Many-Colored Land by Julian May
4.0
8/10
A definite slow-starter. The author lays a lot of ground work and introduces two fistfuls of characters in the first many chapters, seemingly with no connection to each other. But once the connection is made, the story takes off.
I shelved this book as science fiction because of the initial setting in the future, the presence of alien sentient races, and the time travel aspect, yet much of the flavor is fantasy with a healthy dose of Celtic mythology and pinches of other ethnic folklore. Some aspects of the book have not aged well but reflect both the period in which the book was written and the themes the author was weaving through the story—gender roles, slavery and power, physical appearance and ability/disability, the role of religion.
Looking forward to discovering the rest of the series.
A definite slow-starter. The author lays a lot of ground work and introduces two fistfuls of characters in the first many chapters, seemingly with no connection to each other. But once the connection is made, the story takes off.
I shelved this book as science fiction because of the initial setting in the future, the presence of alien sentient races, and the time travel aspect, yet much of the flavor is fantasy with a healthy dose of Celtic mythology and pinches of other ethnic folklore. Some aspects of the book have not aged well but reflect both the period in which the book was written and the themes the author was weaving through the story—gender roles, slavery and power, physical appearance and ability/disability, the role of religion.
Looking forward to discovering the rest of the series.