Although it’s not outright contradictory, like in the later Viriconium works, Harrison’s far future fantasy has a murky history, murky geography, and murky, well, everything.ĭespite being his second published novel, Harrison’s prose pyrotechnics are on full display here. And those expecting intricate world-building will end up disappointed.
The dwarf character isn’t a member of a separate race but is an actual dwarf like Tyrion from A Song of Ice and Fire. tegus-Cromis, is an older, jaded man who doesn’t even stick around for the final battle. This is more obvious in the later books, but there’s still traces of that here, despite the cliché plot. Harrison originally imagined his Viriconium series to be a reaction against some of the more popular fantasy at the time, like Tolkien’s works. When invaders from the north threaten Viriconium, the titular Pastel City, tegus-Cromis must reassemble his old crew of heroes, save the city, and face a strange race newly awakened from Earth’s past. Warning: slight spoilers follow.įar in the future, people live amongst the wreckage of advanced civilizations, surrounded by technology they don’t understand.
John Harrison’s acclaimed “fantasy” series, and just read the first book in the sequence, The Pastel City. I recently got a copy of the collected Viriconium works, M.
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