SFF

The Hermetic Millennia

by John C. Wright
Tor. Dec. 2012. c.400p. ISBN 9780765329288. $25.99. SF
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When Menelaus Illation Montrose, posthuman genius and Texas gunslinger, discovers that an alien intelligence will threaten Earth in 8000 years, he elects to enter cryo-suspension in order to meet that menance. His extended rest is interrupted numerous times, however, as his caretakers call upon him to battle threats to a world that is growing stranger, more violent, and more "alien" as time passes. Wright's sequel to Count to a Trillion is a large-scale saga that deals with concepts and possibilities as seen through the eyes of a larger-than-life character with the attitude of a gunslinger and the intelligence of a genius.
VERDICT The author's talent for imagining the future on a large scale places him in a category with David Brin, Iain M. Banks, and other sf visionaries, and should appeal to fans of speculative fiction.
Reviewed by Jackie Cassada , Nov 15, 2012
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