Great Wheel

by Ian R. MacLeod

Book Overview

Although Father John has lost his faith, he gamely administers medicine and prayers to the people of a Borderer town in what was once northern Africa. He wonders why so many of them are dying of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151002932
• ISBN13: 9780151002931
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Well respected short story author's first novel.

Stories by macleod have been in various yr's best for years. Sadly people don't subscribe ,or even know about, magazines like Asimov's (www.asimovs.com) or interzone. This is considered to be one of the best 1st sf novels of its year. Very British ,with scot elements, but some say the african cultures more detailed. It describes a world ravaged by eco-collapse where 1st & 3rd worlders are almost untouchables to each other. Probably worth a try, but I think macleod's on the literary end of the sf spectrum so it's probably not easy reading.