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Graeme Malcolm
Audie Award Finalist, Science Fiction, 2014
There is Thorn, a shaman himself. He lives to pass down his wisdom and his stories - to teach those who would follow in his footsteps. There is Heather, the healer who, in many ways, holds the clan together. There is Elga, an outsider and the bringer of change. And then there is Loon, the next shaman, who is determined to find his own path. But in a world so treacherous, that journey is never simple - and where it may lead is never certain.
Shaman is a powerful, thrilling and heart-breaking story of one young man's journey into adulthood - and an awe-inspiring vision of how we lived 30,000 years ago.
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But, I slogged on and by the break between parts one and two, you couldn't have pried my iPod out of my clutching fingers. I was hooked. This is not a fast read, but it is good - if you can make it that far.
Recommend.
Slow until it gets you!
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highly recommend 8th you enjoyed mats stores
great story, first time I enjoyed nature writing,
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If you could sum up Shaman in three words, what would they be?
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Robinson is a master of fleshing out a world as it evolves through time. I have read some of his future histories such as the Mars trilogy and enjoyed them. Shaman takes us back to some period before history began and illuminates it with a realism that is engaging and rewarding.Historical fiction
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The narrator might drive some crazy, with an unchanging cadence. But it is a masterful piece of weaving the story together, in that it perfectly matches the reality of life: there are few surprises in life, and there’s not much people can do about it. Life comes, people prosper one year, freeze or starve or both the next. People have children, pass along what knowledge they can, and die, from starvation or exposure or other violence from other tribes or old age.
I loved it. And if you are new to Kim Stanley Robinson, as I was until recently, don’t miss “Ministry for the Future,” set in the future rather than the past, and wholly engrossing.
Spellbinding
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Not a story about shamanism, though a good story
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interesting look into stone age society
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If you like a bit of nonfiction mixed in with your fiction, and if you enjoy the genre, you should enjoy this novel.
Amazing look at survival in the Stone Age
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But the good reviews of Shaman made me take a risk - and it is indeed wonderful, one of the best things Robinson's done in a long time. Although this is not a book with a lot of plot, and much of the writing is clearly based on immense amounts of research, the structure is clear and focused, and the descriptive writing is always clearly tied to developing the relationships between the characters. The novel plunges you into an alien world and all the myriad details serve toward making that world feel intensely real. And the central relationship of Loon and Thorn is a sensitive and moving depiction of the value of passing on knowledge.
Having read other attempts at depicting this period - "Clan of the Cave Bear" and "The Inheritors", I found this one by far the most convincing and absorbing. I particularly liked the way Robinson rendered the Neanderthal character - he's succeeded in creating a figure that is intelligent and humane and yet not *quite* human.
I recommend that readers watch Werner Herzog's documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" before reading, as the book is clearly inspired by it and it will enrich the cave-painting scenes.
The narrator is so good and makes the novel flow so effortlessly that I cannot thing of anything to say about him - the highest compliment possible!
Wonderful
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Loved it the second time too...
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A beautiful powerful story
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