Thousand Cultures series by John Barnes

The Thousand Cultures series by John Barnes poses serious questions about the effects of globalisation on isolated societies and currently features the novels A million open doors, Earth made of Glass, The merchants of souls and The Armies of Memory.

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Earth Made of Glass

by John Barnes

Earth Made of Glass is the second volume in the Thousand Cultures series by the American author John Barnes.

It has been ten years and Giraut and Margaret of "A Million Open Doors" have been working as diplomats/undercover agents on just about every possible world in The Thousand Cultures. They are both older and wiser, but none the less their marriage is starting to crack at the seams. Not wanting to turn the book into the SF version of "how to heal your marriage", Barnes send...

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reviewed on Monday 01 May 2000

A Million Open Doors

by John Barnes

A Million Open Doors is the first volume in the Thousand Cultures series by the author John Barnes.

When I started on this I was quite surprised; Barnes starts the story off in a tavern, with tales of sword fights and honour. Afraid that Barnes had hidden a fantasy behind the rather futuristic cover, I read on and soon discovered that Barnes was just building a background world for the main character Giraut. Giraut's home planet is one of the early colonies that, with the help ...

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reviewed on Saturday 01 April 2000

There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke, and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there’s injustice, and somewhere else the tea's getting cold.

- Seventh Doctor Who

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