John C. Wright fugitives of Chaos

[Smoking Mirror]

Anyone have a idea how next book is going to turn out?

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

Sorry, I'm not familar with this author.
Can you give me an idea of what his books are like/about?

Welcome to the forums, by the way

 

[Smoking Mirror]

First work was Golden age, The Phoenix Exultant, Golden Transcendence, is scifi. Then Fantasy Guardian of Everness, Mists of Everness, Orphans of Chaos.

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

Ok, that's the titles sorted out then.
But how do the books read, what style are they?
Are they similar in vein to another author I may have read?

 

[Jay]

Ok, that's the titles sorted out then.
But how do the books read, what style are they?
Are they similar in vein to another author I may have read?

His first work (published was his Golden Age Trilogy, which includes Golden Age, The Phoenix Exultant, and Golden Transcendence. I think this is one of the truly excellet Space Operas in recent yearsm at least as good of those wirtten by those receving more attention (who I enjoy as well) by Hamilton , Reynolds, and perhaps Macleod as well. An excellent work of SF, and I'd all it one the essentias sequences in the last few years.

Next was his duology, a bit of a Zelazny-like fantasy that included The Last Guardian of Everness, and Mists of Everness. Published after The Golden Age, it was written first however, and in all honesty it shows a bit. It's defintiely worth a read and has some great elements in it but the second book had an uneven feel about it.

Orphans of Chaos came out last year (and is unrelated to either series noted above) and although it suffers from being a publisher split ends abruptly) was one of the best books I read last year (my review is here).

I think Wright is really one of the worthwhile recent (and pretty consistent with release schedule as well thus far) authors in SF/F.

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

Thanks, Jay.

It's rare that an author manages to successfully straddle sci-fi & fantasy writing so I'll definitely check him out.

 

[creslin_black]

Love John C. Wright's stuff, although I've only read The Golden Age trilogy. I want to read the Guardian of Everness, etc., but I really haven't had the chance. It's kind of funny, there's a part in the Golden Transcendance where Phaethon confronts Xenophon (you'd need to have read the books to understand), Xenophon offers Phaethon a chance to betray the Golden Oecumene and join the Silent Ones, and then goes on to lay out what I can only describe as a lengthy reason/plan why he should abandon the Golden Oecumene. Anyway, by the end of this, Xenophon had me convinced, thinking, "well, hell, I'd join em'!". But, Phaethon, showing how his fictional character is naturally less naive and imperceptive as me the reader, goes on to declaim Xenophon's ideas and offer. Point is, there are such moments in the book, where, in the fashion of Demosthenes, John C. Wright can convince the reader to accept opposing ideas one right after the other!