The Saga of Pliocene Exile

[UncleRogi]

The Saga Of Pliocene Exile, written by Julian May, Is a fascinating series of 4 books dealing with time travelers going back 6 million years into Earth's past, and what the intrepid travelers find there.

Any one else familiar with this series?

 

[Klaus]

Love 'em, love 'em, love 'em... and Intervention and the Mileau Trilogy as well... among my all-time favorite series.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Oh yes, a favorite of mine. I even convinced my wife to read it.

 

[UncleRogi]

Oh yes, a favorite of mine. I even convinced my wife to read it.

Good Job! I try to get people to read them and in a couple of days, get the book back, glazed eyes, and " uh yeah, good book..."

 

[stj]

Some of the very finest idiot melodrama ever written. I say this with all affection. Do be warned that you just have to accept that "Danny Boy," aka "Londonderry Air" is such a wonderful tune that it survives for eons. The "science" is as loopy as E.E. "Doc" Smith's, except that Doc predated Einstein's fame.

 

[Ptrope]

All three series are great reads; I cut my teeth on The Saga of The Pliocene Exile, and really love the way May structured the metapowers. It went into a very dark place with The Nonborn King, and I thought it improved greatly at that point, and then she took that darkness to new and more exciting levels by the time Intervention rolled around. In fact, Intervention would make a fantastic television series - better, I think, than Caprica appears to be shaping up - and it would also have the advantage of being set in a very recognizable almost-present, making it very appealing to cost-conscious networks and producers.

Still, as fantasy goes, I really enjoyed the way the Saga employed so many fantasy tropes but made them plausibly science fiction, as well. The best part was her characters, which were nicely developed and nuanced; the stories felt like they were about people and not just dependent upon stereotypes.

Highly recommended, if you can find them in a used-book store (and they're better reads if you get them with the Michael Whelan covers ).

 

[Corwwyn]

The Saga Of Pliocene Exile, written by Julian May, Is a fascinating series of 4 books dealing with time travelers going back 6 million years into Earth's past, and what the intrepid travelers find there.

Any one else familiar with this series?

Yep. Unfortunately waaay too much padding, but if you can skim through that to the meat, there is some damned fine storytelling inside those books.

 

[UncleRogi]

If given the choice, even knowing a small something of what was to come, would you folks go through the Timegate?

 

[Klaus]

Gotta beef up my PK first..

 

[UncleRogi]

I think I would rather be mega-coercive....