Reviews
An astonishingly successful m�lange of SF thriller, growing-up saga... and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres., "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King "One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking 'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Spin "Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work... Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year." -- Rocky Mountain News "Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date...Wide-ranging and well-crafted." -- San Diego Union-Tribune on Spin "The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's Spin . Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose....Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." -- The Washington Post "Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama... Spin is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." -- Locus "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true... Spin is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves... Spin is a provocative, frequently dazzling read." -- SCIFI.COM "A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." -- Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson "Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries...Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." -- The New York Times on Blind Lake "A superior SF thriller." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Blind Lake "Fizzing with ideas...Intense, absorbing, memorable." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Blind Lake "The steely quiet of Blind Lake draws you in like a magnet...Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is still. In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and Blind Lake is the finest Canadian novel of all these." -- John Clute, Toronto Globe and Mail, An astonishingly successful melange of SF thriller, growing-up saga... and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres., Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work... Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year., Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries...Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way., "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King "One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking 'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mlange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Spin "Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work... Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year." -- Rocky Mountain News "Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date...Wide-ranging and well-crafted." -- San Diego Union-Tribune on Spin "The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's Spin . Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose....Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." -- The Washington Post "Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama... Spin is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." -- Locus "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true... Spin is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves... Spin is a provocative, frequently dazzling read." -- SCIFI.COM "A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." -- Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson "Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries...Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." -- The New York Times on Blind Lake "A superior SF thriller." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Blind Lake "Fizzing with ideas...Intense, absorbing, memorable." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Blind Lake "The steely quiet of Blind Lake draws you in like a magnet...Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is still. In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and Blind Lake is the finest Canadian novel of all these." -- John Clute, Toronto Globe and Mail, A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely., An astonishingly successful m��lange of SF thriller, growing-up saga... and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres., Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alivee Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year., "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King "One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking ''what if,'' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful m lange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Spin "Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year." -- Rocky Mountain News "Wilson''s most ambitious and most successful novel to date Wide-ranging and well-crafted." -- San Diego Union -Tribune on Spin "The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson''s Spin . Here''s a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose .Wilson does so many fine things, it''s hard to know where to begin to praise him." --The Washington Post "Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama Spin is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." -- Locus "One of SF''s distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson''s masterful exploitation of the Membrane''s fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true... Spin is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves... Spin is a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM "A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson "Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can''t think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." -- The New York Times on Blind Lake "A superior SF thriller." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Blind Lake "Fizzing with ideas Intense, absorbing, memorable." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Blind Lake "The steely quiet of Blind Lake draws you in like a magnet Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is still . In his calm, stony exile''s gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and Blind Lake is the finest Canadian novel of all these." --John Clute, Toronto Globe and Mail, Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive... Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year., "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King Â"One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking Â'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres.Â" --Publishers Weekly(starred review) onSpin Â"Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest workÂ'¦Spinis the best science-fiction novel so far this year.Â" --Rocky Mountain News Â"Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to dateÂ'¦Wide-ranging and well-crafted.Â" --San DiegoUnion-TribuneonSpin Â"The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson'sSpin. Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline proseÂ'¦.Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him.Â" --TheWashingtonPost Â"Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human dramaÂ'¦Spinis many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs.Â" --Locus "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true...Spinis also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves...Spinis a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM Â"A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely.Â" --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson Â"Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundariesÂ'¦Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way.Â" --The New York TimesonBlindLake Â"A superior SF thriller.Â" --Publishers Weekly(starred review) onBlindLake Â"Fizzing with ideasÂ'¦Intense, absorbing, memorable.Â" --Kirkus Reviews(starred review) onBlindLake Â"The steely quiet ofBlindLakedraws you in like a magnetÂ'¦Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks isstill. In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, andBlind Lakeis the finest Canadian novel of all these.Â" --John Clute,TorontoGlobe and Mail, The steely quiet of Blind Lake draws you in like a magnet...Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is still. In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and Blind Lake is the finest Canadian novel of all these., "One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking 'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Spin "Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work… Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year." --Rocky Mountain News "Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date…Wide-ranging and well-crafted." --San Diego Union-Tribune on Spin "The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's Spin. Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose….Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." --The Washington Post "Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama…Spin is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." --Locus "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true...Spin is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves...Spin is a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM "A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson "Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries…Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." --The New York Times on Blind Lake "A superior SF thriller." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Blind Lake "Fizzing with ideas…Intense, absorbing, memorable." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Blind Lake "The steely quiet of Blind Lake draws you in like a magnet…Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is still. In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and, "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King "One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking 'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Spin "Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work... Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year." -- Rocky Mountain News "Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date...Wide-ranging and well-crafted." -- San Diego Union -Tribune on Spin "The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's Spin . Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose....Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." --The Washington Post "Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama... Spin is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." -- Locus "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true... Spin is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves... Spin is a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM "A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson "Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries...Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." -- The New York Times on Blind Lake "A superior SF thriller." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Blind Lake "Fizzing with ideas...Intense, absorbing, memorable." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Blind Lake "The steely quiet of Blind Lake draws you in like a magnet...Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is still . In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and Blind Lake is the finest Canadian novel of all these." --John Clute, Toronto Globe and Mail, "Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive. "Spin" is the best science-fiction novel so far this year.", "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King "One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking 'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Spin "Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work… Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year." -- Rocky Mountain News "Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date…Wide-ranging and well-crafted." -- San Diego Union -Tribune on Spin "The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's Spin . Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose….Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." --The Washington Post "Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama… Spin is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." -- Locus "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true... Spin is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves... Spin is a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM "A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson "Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries…Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." -- The New York Times on Blind Lake "A superior SF thriller." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Blind Lake "Fizzing with ideas…Intense, absorbing, memorable." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Blind Lake "The steely quiet of Blind Lake draws you in like a magnet…Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is still . In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and Blind Lake is the finest Canadian novel of all these." --John Clute, Toronto Globe and Mail, One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking 'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres., Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive… Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year., Spin is a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves... a provocative, frequently dazzling read., "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King "One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking 'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." --Publishers Weekly(starred review) onSpin "Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work…Spinis the best science-fiction novel so far this year." --Rocky Mountain News "Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date…Wide-ranging and well-crafted." --San DiegoUnion-TribuneonSpin "The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson'sSpin. Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose….Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." --TheWashingtonPost "Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama…Spinis many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." --Locus "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true...Spinis also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves...Spinis a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM "A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson "Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries…Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." --The New York TimesonBlindLake "A superior SF thriller." --Publishers Weekly(starred review) onBlindLake "Fizzing with ideas…Intense, absorbing, memorable." --Kirkus Reviews(starred review) onBlindLake "The steely quiet ofBlindLakedraws you in like a magnet…Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks isstill. In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, andBlind Lakeis the finest Canadian novel of all these." --John Clute,TorontoGlobe and Mail, One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true... Spin is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves... Spin is a provocative, frequently dazzling read., "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King "One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking 'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." --Publishers Weekly(starred review) onSpin "Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work…Spinis the best science-fiction novel so far this year." --Rocky Mountain News "Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date…Wide-ranging and well-crafted." --San DiegoUnion-TribuneonSpin "The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson'sSpin. Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose….Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." --TheWashingtonPost "Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama…Spinis many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." --Locus "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true...Spinis also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves...Spinis a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM "A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson "Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries…Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." --The New York TimesonBlindLake "A superior SF thriller." --Publishers Weekly(starred review) onBlindLake "Fizzing with ideas…Intense, absorbing, memorable." --Kirkus Reviews(starred review) onBlindLake "The steely quiet ofBlindLakedraws you in like a magnet…Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks isstill. In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he, The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's Spin . Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose....Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him., An astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga... and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres., Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama... Spin is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs., An astonishingly successful mlange of SF thriller, growing-up saga... and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres., Yhe first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs., "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King " One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking ' what if, ' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful me lange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." --"Publishers Weekly "(starred review) on "Spin" " Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work... "Spin" is the best science-fiction novel so far this year." --"Rocky Mountain News" " Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date... Wide-ranging and well-crafted." --"San Diego"" ""Union""-Tribune "on "Spin" " The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's "Spin," Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose... .Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." "--The ""Washington"" Post" " Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama... "Spin "is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." --"Locus" "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true..."Spin" is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves..."Spin" is a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM " A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson " Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries... Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." --"The New York Times" on "Blind"" ""Lake""" " A superior SF thriller." --"Publishers Weekly" (starred review) on "Blind"" ""Lake""" " Fizzing with ideas... Intense, absorbing, memorable." --"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review) on "Blind"" ""Lake""" " The steely quiet of "Blind"" ""Lake" draws you in like a magnet... Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is "still," In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and "Blind Lake" is the finest Canadian novel of all these." --John Clute, "Toronto"" Globe and Mail", " One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking ' what if, ' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful me lange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." --"Publishers Weekly "(starred review) on "Spin" " Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work... "Spin" is the best science-fiction novel so far this year." --"Rocky Mountain News" " Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date... Wide-ranging and well-crafted." --"San Diego"" ""Union""-Tribune "on "Spin" " The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's "Spin," Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose... .Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." "--The ""Washington"" Post" " Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama... "Spin "is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." --"Locus" "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true..."Spin" is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves..."Spin" is a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM " A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson " Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries... Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." --"The New York Times" on "Blind"" ""Lake""" " A superior SF thriller." --"Publishers Weekly" (starred review) on "Blind"" ""Lake""" " Fizzing with ideas... Intense, absorbing, memorable." --"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review) on "Blind"" ""Lake""" " The steely quiet of "Blind"" ""Lake" draws you in like a magnet... Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is "still," In hiscalm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and "Blind Lake" is the finest Canadian novel of all these." --John Clute, "Toronto"" Globe and Mail", An astonishingly successful mo?=lange of SF thriller, growing-up saga... and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres., "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King "One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking 'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mlange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Spin "Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest work... Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year." -- Rocky Mountain News "Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date...Wide-ranging and well-crafted." -- San Diego Union -Tribune on Spin "The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's Spin . Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prose....Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." --The Washington Post "Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human drama... Spin is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." -- Locus "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true... Spin is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves... Spin is a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM "A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson "Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries...Wilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." -- The New York Times on Blind Lake "A superior SF thriller." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Blind Lake "Fizzing with ideas...Intense, absorbing, memorable." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Blind Lake "The steely quiet of Blind Lake draws you in like a magnet...Wilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is still . In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and Blind Lake is the finest Canadian novel of all these." --John Clute, Toronto Globe and Mail, "Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller." --Stephen King "One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking 'what if,' Wilson builds an astonishingly successful mlange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Spin "Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive, a fact borne out in his latest worke Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year." -- Rocky Mountain News "Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to dateeWide-ranging and well-crafted." -- San Diego Union -Tribune on Spin "The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's Spin . Here's a book that features speculative conceits as brash and thrilling as those found in any space opera, along with insights into the human condition as rich as those contained within any mainstream mimetic fiction, with both its conceits and insights beautifully embedded in crystalline prosee.Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him." --The Washington Post "Of all SF writers currently active, Robert Charles Wilson may well be the best at balancing cosmic drama with human dramae Spin is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs." -- Locus "One of SF's distinctive qualities, often derided by mainstream critics as a weakness, is its literalization of metaphor, but Wilson's masterful exploitation of the Membrane's fictional possibilities provides an exhilarating demonstration of why precisely the opposite can be true... Spin is also a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves... Spin is a provocative, frequently dazzling read." --SCIFI.COM "A subtle and thought-provoking writer. Just when the reader thinks he knows where Wilson is going, he finds himself somewhere else entirely." --Robin Hobb on Robert Charles Wilson "Robert Charles Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundarieseWilson never loses sight of the human angle. His theme is the importance of communication, which, as his characters come to learn, should never remain one-way." -- The New York Times on Blind Lake "A superior SF thriller." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Blind Lake "Fizzing with ideaseIntense, absorbing, memorable." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Blind Lake "The steely quiet of Blind Lake draws you in like a magneteWilson does not ever raise his voice, which does not mean he speaks softly. How he speaks is still . In his calm, stony exile's gaze upon the prisons of the world, and in his measured adherence to storylines that say that everything may become a little better with much work, he is the most purely Canadian of all the writers brought together here, and Blind Lake is the finest Canadian novel of all these." --John Clute, Toronto Globe and Mail, Spin is a family drama that would not be out of place on mainstream shelves... a provocative, frequently dazzling read.
