Julien May's books

[Gatefan1976]

OK
So I have been banging on about these books for over a year and no one else seems to have read them either here, Syfy or GW, hell, I even asked JM if he had read them.

WTF??!!!!???

Dear god people, you are missing out on one of the greatest Scifi saga's ever written. For such a bunch of scifi fans to have never read this series actually disapoints me more than SGU ever did

Come on people, commit the time and check them out.

 

[mzzz]

Dude, stop recommending so much stuff! lol. Ok....what's this one about? It better not be emo (hormonal teeny bopper behaviour) or snail-paced (prefer fast paced, story moves along and doesn't drag on focusing on someone's shoelaces or something for a chapter) or description-heavy (description of every little thing, I swear, Tolkein almost got to the point where he was describing every single blade of grass! I couldn't finish his Lord of the Rings cause of that).

 

[Gatefan1976]

Dude, stop recommending so much stuff! lol. Ok....what's this one about? It better not be emo (hormonal teeny bopper behaviour) or snail-paced (prefer fast paced, story moves along and doesn't drag on focusing on someone's shoelaces or something for a chapter) or description-heavy (description of every little thing, I swear, Tolkein almost got to the point where he was describing every single blade of grass! I couldn't finish his Lord of the Rings cause of that).

I can't help it, I LIKE lots of stuff

It's hard to describe without blowing the story, here is one review I found which isn't too Spoilery:
http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/0-345-30989-8.html

This series (all 8 books) is very much like what SGU could have been if it was better written, paced and characterized.

 

[mzzz]

I'll start on it soon, haven't read a sci-fi series in a while. Very intriguing premise though. Must be to have been a locus winner.

 

[mzzz]

Well, I started, it's still world building and going through character introductions. I've only read few pages though, up to the part where the old scientist shows his time machine to some guests.

 

[Illiterati]

I believe I read one of his books MANY years ago -- and it's been so long that I cannot for the life of me remember which one it was.

 

[mzzz]

gatefan might know if you describe the plot, think he's read most of his books, I only just started the many-colored land.

 

[Gatefan1976]

Julian May is female guys...............

Mzzz, good to see you started at any rate:beckettu: