The Great Sky River Trilogy (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Gregory Benford
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—evolutionary fantasy
- Time of Work: More than twenty-eight thousand years in the future
- Setting: The planet Snowglade, the planet New Bishop, and the black hole at the galactic center of the Milky Way
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Space ships, stations, or vehicles
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
All three novels of the trilogy concern epic adventures of the Family Bishop, distant descendants of earthly humanity, on a journey from the home planet Snowglade to the galactic centers black hole. Great Sky River, the first novel in the series, introduces Killeen, the trilogys central character, through his dream of the Calamity, the fall of the Bishop Citadel before the onslaught of a superior race of hunter machines and cyborgs.
In part 1, “Long Retreat,” the two-hundred-member remnant of Family Bishop, led by Capn Fanny, fights its way across the...
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