A Pliocene Companion

By Julian May

Book Overview

Throughout the ages and across the world in many shapes and guises, as healers, mystics and literary figures, wizards have played an important part in real-life communities and in the imagination of many cultures. Often illuminating the future and explaining the past, wizards have always had a very powerful role. This text traces the origins and legends of wizards, charting their myriad expressions through time and across cultures. It also includes a number of meditations and practices at the end of each chpater that enable us to make use of some of the legendary skills of the wizard.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345322908
• ISBN13: 9780345322906
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Super Reader

For a fan of this series by Julian May, and I have read them many times, this is excellent. Lots of tidbits you may have missed when reading, too. This includes the information on the various different types of operant powers, the society of the Pliocene, as well as of the milieu and the technology that Marc Remillard manages to bring back.

An essential book for Julian May fans

It has to be asked - is it necessary to add this book to your shelf? Do you really need another 'Readers Guide' type book?Well, if you're a fan of Julian May's sprawing 'Galactic Milieu' series, (a page-turning & adventurous retelling of 'Paradise Lost' long before Phillip Pullman thought to do it) and a member of the Julian May discussion group Alright, so it only covers the 'Exiles' part of the series (this book really needs an update) but the glossary is quite useful even if some of the entries are short, and the three interviews with the author are worth the price of the book by istself.