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    Jack the Bodiless

    By Julian May

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    In the year 2051, Earth stood on the brink of acceptance as full member of the Galactic Milieu, a confederation of worlds spread across the galaxy. Leading humanity was the powerful Remillard family, but somebody--or something--known only as "Fury" wanted them out of the way.
    Only Rogi Remillard, the chosen tool of the most powerful alien being in the Milieu, and his nephew Marc, the greatest metapsychic yet born on Earth, knew about Fury. But even they were powerless to stop it when it began to kill off Remillards and other metapsychic operants--and all the suspects were Remillards themselves.
    Meanwhile, a Remillard son was born, a boy who could represent the future of all humanity. His incredible mind was more powerful even than his brother Marc's--but he was destined to be desroyed by his own DNA...unless Fury got to him first!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateApr 27, 2011
    ISBN9780307776099
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    Julian May

    Julian May (1931–2017) was a staple of the early science fiction community and the 2015 winner of the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award. Her short science fiction novel, Dune Roller, was published in 1951, aired on American television in 1952 as part of the Tales of Tomorrow series, and went on to a BBC adaptation and a 1972 movie. She chaired the Tenth World Science Fiction Convention, making her the first woman to chair a Worldcon. The Many-Colored Land, the first book in her Saga of the Pliocene Exile, won the Locus Best Novel Award in 1982 and was nominated for both Hugo and Nebula awards, as well as the Mythopoeic, Prometheus, and Geffen awards.

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    • 4/5
      The first book of this series takes us back before the events of the Pliocene Exile - sort of. Before the gate was opened to the Pliocene, in the near future of Earth, we have recently been discovered by aliens, and humanity is discovering its great mental powers. Among the greatest of those are the Remillard family. A great story, great characters, and excellent prequel series that stands on its own. The bookseller with the Maine Coon cat has always stood out in my memory.
    • 5/5
      This pilocene series is an outstanding work of fiction and this the prelude to that series, (although it can also be thought of as a continuation due to the nature of the events) sees rogi remillard called upon to help the remillard clan once again. julian may is a very perceptive writer and given half the chance the reader will miss the subtlety of the plot, the implication of any given scenario or the elegance in mundane situations. (Possible spoiler) the latter is best seen when jack (a few days old) is telepathically talking to rogi (his great grand uncle) and interrupts him to announce he's going to cry, explaining he hasn't managed to control the biological, imperative function. In reading this series it probably best to start with the pliocene series then intervention and then this book and the two which follow it.
    • 4/5
      This takes place in the not-so-distant future after the "exotics" have intervened on Earth. It follows the fates of the Remillard family...up to a certain point: it is a triology...and how they became a "Dynasty." While it is an interesting enough story, there are inconsistencies that I'm sure are addressed in the other two books. Divides humanity into the "normals," without metapsychic powers, and the "operants," those with. There is also a unification theme that is somewhat hazy. I'll keep reading.
    • 5/5
      A complex, richly detailed bit of hard science fiction. The reader must be engaged; no skimming allowed. Occasional flights of metaphysical fancy are anchored by the earthy narrator. Saying it's about faith, politics, and humanity's peculiar condition is like saying a Ferrari is about a fuel injected engine.
    • 5/5
      A phenomenal series set in a future where humanity has developed psychic abilities. The Galactic Milieu has invited humanity to join their alliance, but we must prove ourselves first. One of the restriction placed on us, we must get a license to reproduce. Jack's mother defies that ban, and gives birth to him despite the genetic disease that is destined to destroy his body. But, his mind doesn't need his body to exist. An astonishing science fiction epic. A travesty thsi is out of print.
    • 2/5
      I very much enjoyed May's breakout series, The Saga of Pliocene Exile. However, I found the subsequent works, which are basically filling in the back story to the saga, to be rather straightforward "good vs evil" tales, about the multifarious branches of the Remillard family. The first sequel books, about the Intervention, were like that, and this newer series, about the Galactic Milieu, is the same at least based on my reading of the first book in the trilogy. I won't be bothering with the rest of the Milieu trilogy.