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Ian MacLeod’s Song of Time reviewed at Booklist
Posted by Paul Raven on July 1st, 2008 at 7:24
We're pleased as punch to see yet another PS Publishing title receive a starred review from Booklist, the magazine of the American Library Association. This time it's the turn of Ian R MacLeod with his forthcoming full-length novel Song of Time.
Here's what reviewer Ray Olson had to say:
"Near the end of the twenty-first century, an old woman in Cornwall rescues a nude young man from the ocean, somehow dragging him from the beach to her well-appointed house. She is a world-famous violinist, who, despite having taken full advantage of life-prolonging therapeutics, knows death is near. He is obviously educated but lacks all personal knowledge. She calls him Adam. It suits her needs to reminisce and his to listen. Her remembrances are punctuated by daily life with Adam until she has told him all. [...] Another book, equally fascinating, could be written just to fully describe and explain MacLeod’s envisioned twenty-first century. This book forefronts a personal story within that vision and artfully suggests that, in human terms, the personal trumps the historical every time.
MacLeod's unique talent is to straddle fantasy and science fiction in a way that uses each to embellish and expand the possibilities of the other, and it sounds like Song of Time showcases that storytelling mojo to great effect. I'm looking forward to this one!
Song of Time will be published around the end of the year, but you can pre-order right now to make sure you get a copy as soon as it arrives in the PS warehouse:
- Song of Time (slipcased hardcover) : £50 (US$100 approx.) - 200 copies only
- Song of Time (hardcover) : £20 (US$40 approx.) - 500 copies only
