Continuing the story begun in the golden age, the phoenix exultant phaeton journeys among humans, intelligent machines and bizarre life forms, striving to recover his memory and to move society read more. And now the phoenix exultant, a second epic novel of an heroic quest in a far future world of superscience from an important new talent the phoenix exultant is a continuation of the story begun in the golden age and, like it, a grand space opera in the tradition of jack vance and roger zelazny with a touch of cordwainer smithstyle invention at the conclusion of the first book, phaethon. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. He eventually travels to the island of ceylon where many exiles are living out their remaining lives. The book was an entertaining read andor listen and the authors cleverly couch the concepts of devops into a story about a failed delivery system the phoenix project built ala waterfall, versus a new system hastily assembled heh, see what i did there. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. And now the phoenix exultant, a second epic novel of an heroic quest in a far future world of superscience from an important new talent. Its a novel set in a post climatechange but still preapocalyptic world. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. At the conclusion of the first book, phaethon of radamanthus house, was left an exile from his life of power and privilege. Wright, 9780765343543, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. His beautiful spaceship, the phoenix exultant, the fastest and most powerful. Although many chapters have been updated with modern language and revised to frame it within the context of todays society, many of this books. Much of the book is written as large sections of prose explaining theoretical exoticmatter physics.
I bought the book knowing there was a sequel, but now i realize with pleasure that the phoenix exultant will not be a mere addendum, but the extension of an arc that rises and falls, and may yet rise again. Silence of the night short story readercon 18 souvenir book, 2007 readercon, inc 2007 reprinted in electronic publication, andy w. Beginning with the golden age, continuing with the phoenix exultant and now concluding in the golden transcendence, john c. The phoenix exultant is a continuation of the story begun in the golden age and like it, a grand space opera in the tradition of jack vance and roger zelazny with a.
The phoenix exultant is a continuation of the story begun in the golden age and, like it, a grand space opera in the tradition of jack vance and roger zelazny with a touch of cordwainer smithstyle invention. Walt served as the editor of this manual, the phoenix, from its fifth edition in 1959 through its eleventh edition in 2008. A scene from one of my favourite scifi book series the golden oecumene by john c. The golden oecumene is a science fiction trilogy by the american writer john c. The book of phoenix is a standalone science fiction prequel to nnedi okorafors awardwinning novel who fears death. The book was published by victor gollancz ltd in september 2004 overview. The novel has a closed system of internal crossreferences, and.
The phoenix exultant tga2 john wright the phoenix fallacy book i. In the third and final book, the golden transcendence, the longguessed hidden enemy of the golden oecumene is revealed, and now phaeton must not only fight for himself but also for the future of the people who have exiled him. The first book is nearly a selfcontained introductory story, but the phoenix exultant is clearly a transitionary piece in a larger work. The exultant class holds many high offices in the commonwealth, and it is in direct conflict with the phoenix throne for power of the land. I now look forward to learning how phaethon saves himself from the. The phoenix exultant is a continuation of the story begun in t. The golden age is grand space opera, a largescale sf adventure novel in the tradition of a. Now hes penniless, mortal, and isolated from the data banks, tools, and sophotects artificial intelligences he once took for granted. Buy the phoenix exultant golden age by wright, john c. The book of phoenix is a shorter and faster read, with concerns shaped more by contemporary global racial politicsin particular, the relations between america and africabut it.
Sargent, british and american utopian literature, 19862009. Phaethon reassembling and readying the phoenix exultant for. Exultant is a science fiction novel by british author stephen baxter. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. It works in multiple levels, its effectiveness stemming from both the way the book is framed and the multilayered narrative. The phoenix exultant is a continuation of the story begun in the golden age and like it, a grand space opera in the tradition of jack vance and roger zelazny with a touch of cordwainer smithstyle invention. Based on the previous book, i had high expectations for this story. The golden age is book one of a two book series, the concluding novel is the phoenix exultant, yet to be published. The phoenix exultant novel tor books april, 2003 the golden transcendence novel tor books november, 2003. Wrights grand space opera is a sf adventure saga in the tradition of a. Throughout book two, he tries to regain control of the phoenix exultant, the ship he has built to leave for the stars. The fate of the phoenix star trek tos by sondra marshak, myrna culbreath and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
The golden age, volume 2 golden age tor paperback 774 published. It consists of three books, the golden age, the phoenix exultant and. Continuing the story begun in the golden age, paethon now embarks upon a quest across a. Wrights extraordinary farfuture space opera continues the golden age, 2002. Hugonebula contender and likely winner published by user, 18 years ago.
Once powerful, privileged, wealthy, and immortal, phaethon of rhadamanthus house defied the ruling hortators. The phoenix exultant continues the story that began in the excellent novel. Exultants the book of the new sun wiki fandom powered. The mighty ship phoenix exultant is at last in the hands of her master. Baxter also sketches the evolution of the xeelee and an imaginary history of the universe in which. Phaethon is in exile where he must learn to cope without access to the mentality, as he believes that there is a virus infecting it that is targeting him. The phoenix exultant chattanooga public library overdrive. I havent yet read the third book, and since the plot of the three book series is a gradual clarification of mysterious occurrences and unexplained motives in a whats going on.
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