The Saga of Pliocene Exile (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Julian May
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: Primarily 6,000,000 , with flashforwards to the twenty-second century
- Setting: Europe of the Pliocene era and various planets in the Milky Way galaxy
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, Music or musicians, Art or artists, Future, Other worlds, Spiritual life or spirituality, Time travel, Singing or singers, Birds, Life and death, Totalitarianism, Ireland or Irish people, Old age or elderly people, Intellect, Prehistoric humans, Fishes, Fertility, Prehistoric times, Aliens, space
- Locales: Europe, Fictional planets
The Plot
The Saga of Pliocene Exile begins in the twenty-second century, after a coalition of five alien races, each possessing metapsychic powers blended in mental and spiritual Unity, has intervened to prevent humans from destroying themselves. Believing that humans possess the greatest metapsychic potential in the Milky Way, the aliens have invited Earth to join their benevolent Galactic Milieu in advance of humanity’s psychosocial maturation. With the aid of Milieu science, humanity has colonized dozens of planets, eliminating poverty, pollution, and overpopulation. The...
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