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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Blue Lightby Walter Mosley
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From an unknown point in the universe, an inscrutable blue light approaches our solar system. When it reaches Earth, it transforms those it strikes, causing them instantaneously to evolve beyond the present state of humanity. Each person imbued with the light becomes the full realization of his or her nature and potential, with strengths, understanding, and communication abilities far beyond our imagining.
Blue Light is the story of these people and their transformation. Narrated by Chance, a biracial man whose entire life has been a struggle for self-definition, the novel traces the desperate conflict of the "Blues" with one of their own, a man who — struck by the light at the moment he expired — has become the living embodiment of death. Written as a kind of gospel in which Chance describes the wanderings of this tribe and their ultimate, apocalyptic battle, the account is also full of his uncertainties — about his own place in this strange new world and about whether he may be recording the beginning of the end of the human race. Review:"This is going to be a great leap of faith for Mosley fans, but those who make it will be rewarded with a beautifully written, deeply spiritual novel. Recommended." Library Journal Review:"For readers accustomed to the gut-real encounters, sharp dialogue and quirky perceptions that enliven the first-person narrations of Mosley's Easy Rawlins mysteries...Blue Light may be a disappointment." Mel Watkins, The New York Times Book Review Review:"[M]isguided. Blue Light is an odd mixture of science fiction and inspirational fable....There are some jolting scenes of sexuality and violence, and some arresting images...but the biology is insufficiently imagined, the time sequence is sometimes confusing and a sort of vague poesy that is a far cry from Mosley's typically sinewy prose is the predominant style." Publishers Weekly Review:"A mind-bending trip into the brave new world...good writing regardless of genre." USA Today Review:"[An] extravagant futuristic fantasy....The result is an ambitious mess, inventive and visionary as Mosley's greatest admirers might wish, but torn between windy prophecy and comic-book heroics." Kirkus Reviews Review:"Not even artful prose can rescue Mosley, who seems cowed by his own New Age-y concept." Charles Winecoff, Entertainment Weekly Review:"Part utopian fantasy, part nightmare....A page-turning thriller....Believable and sympathetic." Denver Rocky Mountain News Synopsis:San Francisco in the '60s is already crazy when mysterious shafts of blue light touch the lives of random strangers: a suicidal grad student, a scam artist, a violent junkie, and a little girl growing up very fast. They may have come from different places, but now they're all on the same trip — because under blue light nothing looks the same. About the AuthorWalter Mosley is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series, the novels Bad Boy Brawly Brown, Fearless Jones, Blue Light, and RL's Dream, and a collection of stories, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, for which he received the Anisfield-Wolf Award. He was born in Los Angeles and lives in New York. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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