![]() ![]() ![]() Earth has been co-opted by a man-created mental virus called "The One True", which is also called a "meme", and Barnes explains why it is called such. ![]() ![]() Although Teri is a teenager, this is NOT a book aimed at the 10-16 year old crowd. The Sky So Big And Black is set in the same universe as Candle and Kaleidoscope Century but by no stretch of the imagination is a sequel. There is much extremely well done foreshadowing, and we get deeper into the hearts and minds of both Teri-Mel, and the Shrink. Why clunky? Because for some reason there is this framing story told from the point of view of a police "shrink" who is reviewing the tapes made by one Terpsicore Melpomene Murray, starting from when she is 17, just before she goes in for her FA, "Full Adult" test.Īs one delves into the book, what appeared on the surface as a lighthearted "coming-of-age" romp set on Mars slowly moves deeper into darkness. When I first started reading The Sky So Big And Black I thought it was going to be a somewhat clunkily done Heinlein juvenile clone. I don't care if "the mantle of Heinlein" falls on John Barnes I just want him to write more good fiction. John Barnes is another of the "Children of Heinlein". ![]()
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