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Kathleen
Ann Goonan introduced Sam Dance and his wife, Bette, and their quest to alter
our present reality for the better in her novel In War Times (winner of the John
W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel and ALA's Best Science Fiction Novel
of 2008). Now, in This Shared Dream, she tells the story of the next generation.
Kathleen Ann Goonan's Description:
THIS SHARED DREAM evolved,
as do most of my novels, from a variety of currents and influences.
Chief among these were Eric Kandel’s IN SEARCH OF MEMORY.
Kandel, a Nobel laureate, has done extensive research on the biological
roots and pathways of memory—how it is created, how it is stored, and how it
re-emerges in certain conditions. In
his book, his memories of his family’s flight from Vienna following
Krystallnacht in 1938 are interspersed with his growing appreciation of the
mysteries of memory.
It is about the nature of
time and consciousness, and identity.
It is about music, communication, and the potential of children when they
have an science-based educational environment that meshes with and enhances
their natural developmental. But mostly it is about the tenacity of love, and the power of love to heal. |
Praise for This Shared Dream
“A tough-minded, kind-hearted, fiercely intelligent novel.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin "The urgent necessity for our species to master its worst impulses and take charge of its own destiny–a core tenet of the SF genre–has seldom been conveyed with such emotional and intellectual force."
—Paul
Di Filippo
“What if you could travel through time to fix what is wrong with the world?
The world would resist, and the very act of trying would create parallel worlds
with their own problems. This wondrous book, the story of a handful of people
who seek to alter the twentieth century to create a better future, acknowledges
the inhumanity of war and yet celebrates the joys of music, art, friendship, and
family. And it reminds us that the future is made by the children of the
present. I loved this book, and I heartily recommend it.”
—Eileen Gunn
“A wild ride through alternate histories. Brilliant.”
—Jack McDevitt
—Connie Willis "THIS SHARED DREAM is an intensely rich, original and provocative novel that is worth checking out." —INTERZONE Book Zone book review 11th Jul, 2011 (Interzone 235)
Appearing for the first time on the cover of THIS SHARED DREAM, praise
from Joe Haldeman and Kelly Link for IN WAR TIMES:
“In War Times is an engaging and elegant extrapolation.”
—Kelly Link
—Joe Haldeman |
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