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Language English Publication date 2000 OCLC 59352683 Genre Science Fiction | 4/5 Goodreads Series Greatwinter ISBN 0-7653-4455-6 Originally published 2000 Followed by Eyes of the Calculor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by Souls in the Great Machine Awards Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel Similar Sean McMullen books, Science Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Miocene Arrow is a post-apocalyptic novel by Sean McMullen. It is the middle book of the Greatwinter trilogy.
Contents
Plot summary
In isolated pockets of what used to be America, humans fight stylized duels in small, biodiesel-powered airplanes. In a land where chivalry and honor are everything, what happens when rebels from Australia, enamored of the amazing technology held by the Americans, hatch a plot to bring some of it back to their homes?
Reception
Publishers Weekly said that "the tale features labyrinthine politics, a large cast of engaging, thorny and occasionally rather cartoonish characters, and many well depicted scenes of aerial warfare. The authors inventive use of several oddball technologies is particularly noteworthy, and veteran SF readers may well be reminded of L. Sprague de Camp."