The Miocene Arrow

The Miocene Arrow is a post-apocalyptic novel by Australian writer Sean McMullen. It is the middle book of the Greatwinter trilogy.

The Miocene Arrow
First edition cover
AuthorSean McMullen
LanguageEnglish
SeriesGreatwinter
GenreScience fiction
Publication date
2000
ISBN0-7653-4455-6
OCLC59352683
Preceded bySouls in the Great Machine 
Followed byEyes of the Calculor 

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 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."[1]

gollark: If I were to do the trendy thing now and make a shop, I'd probably do it in Haskell/Servant.
gollark: Cool.
gollark: <@!111569489971159040>, I am the wrong person to ask about user-friendliness.
gollark: Ah, REST-y ones.
gollark: Which are slower, but whatever.

References
  1. "Forecasts: Fiction". Publishers Weekly. 247 (29): 179. 17 July 2000. ISSN 0000-0019.

Sources
  • Cassada, Jackie (1 August 2000). "The Miocene Arrow (Book Review)". Library Journal. p168. 125 (13). ISSN 0363-0277.
  • Johnson, Roberta (August 2000). "Adult Books: FICTION". Booklist. 96 (22): 2126. ISSN 0006-7385.


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