Shaman: A novel of the Ice Age

Shaman: A novel of the Ice Age

by KimStanleyRobinson (Author)

Synopsis

An award-winning and bestselling SF writer, Kim Stanley Robinson is widely acknowledged as one of the most exciting and visionary writers in the field. His latest novel, 2312, imagined how we would be living 300 years from now. Now, with his new novel, he turns from our future to our past - to the Palaeolithic era, and an extraordinary moment in humanity's development. An emotionally powerful and richly detailed portrayal of life 30,000 years ago, it is a novel that will appeal both to his existing fans and a whole new mainstream readership.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: 0
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 10 Jun 2014

ISBN 10: 0356500454
ISBN 13: 9780356500454
Book Overview: * Print and online advertising to the genre and beyond * An Orbit worldwide publication supported by international marketing and publicity campaign * Featured on www.orbitbooks.net and in the Orbit ezine * Review copies to be mailed to print and online genre press
Prizes: Shortlisted for Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2014.

Media Reviews
Vivid and beautiful . . . Astonishing * Guardian *
An amazing piece of recreation, vividly evoking the deprivations, animalistic beliefs and day-to-day struggles of a primitive tribe * Financial Times *
Low-tech lives and Ice Age conditions are all superbly evoked * Daily Mail *
Robinson's prose is rich and detailed . . . Superb * SFX *
An intelligent, and at times mesmerising novel * Irish Examiner *
Author Bio
Kim Stanley Robinson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. He is the author of over twenty previous books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the highly acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain. He lives in Davis, California.