Century Next Door series by John Barnes

The Century Next Door series is a science fiction tale told by the American author John Barnes and features the novels Orbital Resonance, Kaleidoscope Century, Candle and The Sky So Big and Black.

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Candle

by John Barnes

Candle is the third volume in the Century Next Door series by the author John Barnes.

Barnes, just keeps on getting better and better. Candle is clearly his best book to date, which says a lot.

Currie is an old man, when the global controlling super mind, called One True, asks him to take on the task of hunting down the last "cowboy". A cowboy is basically somebody who isn't under the control of the meme called Resuna and through Resuna, One True. Currie fails a...

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reviewed on Wednesday 02 January 2002

Kaleidoscope Century

by John Barnes

Kaleidoscope Century is the second volume in the Century Next Door series by the author John Barnes.

I'm quite sure that I haven't read any John Barnes before and that can only be classified as a big mistake. Barnes is writing like nobody else that I can remember or try to compare him to. It's fast, confusing and very inventive. KC is about, well I'm not even sure what to call the main character as he changes name all the time, but his original name seems to have been Quare, so...

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reviewed on Tuesday 01 June 1999