Elephant Song (1982 novel)

Elephant Song is a novel by Barry Longyear published in 1982.

First edition (publ. Berkley Books)
Cover artist: John Rush

Plot summary

Elephant Song is a novel in which the O'Hara's Greater Shows interstellar circus are stranded on an alien world.[1]

Reception

Michael J. Lowrey reviewed Elephant Song in Ares Magazine Special Edition #2 and commented that "Whether or not you've ever looked wistfully at the lives of circus performers, you will understand how a new and beloved world is built on the pride expressed in their three-fourths cynical, one-fourth heartfelt motto: 'Life with a circus is just one long uninterrupted dee-light!'"[1]

Reviews
  • Review by Tom Easton (1982) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1982
gollark: Canadian aboriginal symbols.
gollark: We can generally expect that things will get cheaper (ish) and you'll have to do less work to take care of children, by extrapolating out trends.
gollark: This is reasonable, but technological advancement.
gollark: You're long-lost cousins.
gollark: We cloned everyone on the Macron discord server and put them in test universe #12596.

References
  1. Lowrey, Michael J. (1983). "Books". Ares Magazine. TSR, Inc. (Special Edition 2): 59.
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