Reviews
""The Map of the Sky" keeps the reader guessing, checking and thinking, all the while providing many sidelights on the literary history of sci-fi itself."- The Wall Street Journal, eoeHaving used H.G. Wellse(tm)s The Time Machine as the starting point for 2011e(tm)s The Map of Time , Palma now takes The War of the Worlds as the basis for this top-notch sequeleFans of intelligent science fiction as well as historical thrillers will be rewarded.e, "The unreal becomes real, fantasy becomes history, and the reader is thoroughly entertained by an unending parade of bafflements and surprises. This book is a complete delight." --K.W Jeter author of Infernal Devices, Having used H.G. Wells's The Time Machine as the starting point for 2011's The Map of Time , Palma now takes The War of the Worlds as the basis for this top-notch sequel...Fans of intelligent science fiction as well as historical thrillers will be rewarded., Eoepalma's Gorgeous Prose Works Its Magic Yet Again...In this Worthy Successor to the Map of Time. E, ""The Map of the Sky" keeps the reader guessing, checking and thinking, all the while providing many sidelights on the literary history of sci-fi itself.", Having used H.G. Wells's The Time Machine as the starting point for 2011's The Map of Time , Palma now takes The War of the Worlds as the basis for this top-notch sequel…Fans of intelligent science fiction as well as historical thrillers will be rewarded., "This story is much akin to what Orson Welles tried on Halloween, 1938, with his radio show. This time the saucers really fly. All this, simmered in a rich broth of keen imagination, exceptional narrative control, wit, and an obvious affection for sci-fi and adventure stories and with great respect for the readers of same. Cool factor: 3-D end papers. Glasses included with first editions only."- Tulsa World, The unreal becomes real, fantasy becomes history, and the reader is thoroughly entertained by an unending parade of bafflements and surprises. This book is a complete delight., eoe"The Map of the Sky" keeps the reader guessing, checking and thinking, all the while providing many sidelights on the literary history of sci-fi itself.e, eoeThe unreal becomes real, fantasy becomes history, and the reader is thoroughly entertained by an unending parade of bafflements and surprises. This book is a complete delight.e, "Having used H.G. Wells's The Time Machine as the starting point for 2011's The Map of Time, Palma now takes The War of the Worlds as the basis for this top-notch sequel…Fans of intelligent science fiction as well as historical thrillers will be rewarded."- Publisher's Weekly starred review, eoeThis story is much akin to what Orson Welles tried on Halloween, 1938, with his radio show. This time the saucers really fly. All this, simmered in a rich broth of keen imagination, exceptional narrative control, wit, and an obvious affection for sci-fi and adventure stories and with great respect for the readers of same. Cool factor: 3-D end papers. Glasses included with first editions only.e, This story is much akin to what Orson Welles tried on Halloween, 1938, with his radio show. This time the saucers really fly. All this, simmered in a rich broth of keen imagination, exceptional narrative control, wit, and an obvious affection for sci-fi and adventure stories and with great respect for the readers of same. Cool factor: 3-D end papers. Glasses included with first editions only.
