Ember from the Sun

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Ember from the Sun is a novel by Mark Canter published by New English Library in 1995.

Plot summary[]

Ember from the Sun is a novel in which Yute Nahadeh finds the frozen body of a Neanderthal woman in an ice cave. After discovering a fetus, he implants it in a 20th-century surrogate mother who gives birth to Ember, a genuine Neanderthal.[1]

Reception[]

Richard Jones reviewed Ember from the Sun for Arcane magazine, rating it an 5 out of 10 overall.[1] Jones comments that "Canter could have chosen a bizarre ending, an apocalyptic one, a happy or a sad one. Instead he goes for the Crap Ending option and you come away feeling cheated and used. Shame, really. I was willing to forgive the various failures in plot and style because I was quite getting into the Neanderthals."[1]

Kirkus Reviews states "An effective blend of scientific fact and shamanistic fancy, one that weaves a genuinely magic spell."[2]

Publishers Weekly states: "Canter's approach fails to do his premise, or his characters, particularly the appealing Ember, full justice."[3]

Entertainment Weekly rated the book a "C" and states that "Ember from the Sun's plucked straight from the pulp fantasies of Edgar Rice Burroughs."[4]

Reviews[]

  • Review by Helen Gould (1995) in Vector 186
  • Review by Paul J. McAuley (1996) in Interzone, #104 February 1996

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Jones, Richard (May 1996). "The Great Library". Arcane. Future Publishing (6): 82.
  2. ^ "EMBER FROM THE SUN by Mark Canter". Kirkus Reviews. 1996-10-01. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  3. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Ember from the Sun by Mark Canter, Author Delacorte Press $22.95 (0p)". Publishersweekly.com. 1996-09-02. ISBN 978-0-385-31457-2. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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