Dry Water, by Eric Nylund
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Nominated for the 1998 World Fantasy Award. Lightning chases Larry Ngitis to Dry Water, New Mexico, a town with a reputation for hauntings, unexplained weather, and vanishing treasure hunters. A shy author and reluctant psychic, Larry has the unsettling ability to see how people will die. In Dry Water there are rumors of a fabled spring of “water that cannot be drunk,” flowing through a realm where the living and dead mingle, causing ripples in history and wrinkles in time … and Larry is destined to locate this remarkable waterway. Larry’s arrival, however, has not gone unnoticed by two of Dry Water’s more unconventional denizens: Raja, “Daughter of the Terror Winds,” a local celebrity and witch who seeks the water’s power to erase humankind’s future by altering the past … and Nikolos, her lover/nemesis, an ageless necromancer whose eternal mission is the destruction of all prophets, including Larry. But, while clueless, Larry Ngitis is far from helpless, as he is joined by otherworldly allies—the ghost of a gunslinger and a Navajo shaman—who aid him on his terrifying and essential journey.
Dry Water, by Eric Nylund- Amazon Sales Rank: #358981 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-30
- Released on: 2015-06-30
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Amazon.com Review Eric Nylund has said that Dry Water is a tribute to Roger Zelazny. And so it is--this novel alludes to many of Zelazny's books, including the Amber series. One character--a deceased fantasy writer named Dolinski--is clearly meant to represent Zelazny. And Nylund works in an amazing assortment of myth and magic, as Zelazny did. Tribute aside, this is highly original contemporary fantasy. Nylund peoples his New Mexico setting with ghosts from area history, a Navajo shaman and his son who act as guides and protectors of hero Larry Ngitis, a witch who sponsors authors in her spare time, and a necromancer who goes through history murdering anybody who seems likely to bring about major historical change. Larry's work as a science fiction writer also gives Nylund an opportunity to make some witty points about the genre. The pace is manic, with Nylund cutting back and forth between characters, time periods, and locations in dizzying fashion, but the plot works and the ending is satisfyingly unexpected. Tim Powers fans will definitely enjoy this. --Nona Vero
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Eric S. Nylund holds a bechelor's of science degree and a master's in theoretical biophysics. A 1994 graduate of the Clarion West writer's workshop, he lives in Seattle, Washington.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Shades of Powers and Swanwick By frumiousb I picked this book up on the strength of the cover blurbs-- Powers called it a "Fellini Carnival" and Swanwick was more than kind. I figured that a book those two liked could not be too far off from my own taste. And that was true, I have to say.Nylund is a strong writer with a powerful imagination. His story is about a reluctant prophet who is suddenly plagued by a host of accomplished magicians wanting to either help him or hinder him from attaining a goal he never knew he had. The characters are handled well and the plot fits neatly together. It is about as clean of a writing job as you can expect in fantasy.A few points--the one way in which the book is not handled well is the female love interests of the hero. Both Linda and Paloma end up as stereotypes, and not terribly well-developed stereotypes, at that. Too bad, because that would have deepened Larry's motivations and our understanding of his character.Much was clear to me when I read here that the book was intended as a tribute to Zelazny. Explained some weirdnesses around the writer character. I would have rather known it *before* I had read the book.If you like works in the vein of Swanwick or Powers, you too will probably find this a good read. You may not find it a great one, but it is always good to discover a promising new author.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. The biggest little book I've ever read By Anitra L. Freeman There is more compressed into this novel than in any other fantasy I've ever read, and I've been a fan for forty years. Poul Anderson's sf novel The Boat of a Million Years covers as broad a span of history, but in three times the pages and half the complexity. Charles de Lint and Terri Windling have defined contemporary mythic fiction for me, but I was even more bowled over by this book than I was by The Little Country. For creatively dramatizing the complexities in the mythic war of good and evil, Nylund rivals Clive Barker.From the strength of his writing skill, imagery, and characterization, I believe I'll like Eric Nylund's other books too, although I don't expect the rest of them to be like this one; he does say that this is inspired by Roger Zelazny.I don't have space in my small room for keeping many books, but this is a keeper. It's worth hunting down a used copy. Hope that the publishers wise up and reprint it.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. An Amazing Unsung Novel By Sarah I tend to find great books in the bookstores based on a hunch, which was what happened with Eric S. Nylund's superb contempo-fantasy novel, Dry Water. After I started reading, I was hooked-- the book goes in several startling directions, and can almost never be pinned down. With each page of Dry Water, I found myself thinking, "no normal author could get away with this!" Between trippy magical effects and surreal juxtapositions of the mundane and the fantastical, it's amazing that this book works as well as it does. Aside from the mind-blowing plot, the story has some recurring themes that keep it grounded, such as the release of guilt and the rush to change the world. Raja the witch and Nick (aka Judzyas) the necromancer are perfect foils for one another, showing how both seeking complete change and desperately clinging to stasis are unwise courses of action. Dry Water is both deeply complicated and a fun, exciting read. I'd recommend it to anyone who isn't, to borrow a phrase, a "narrow-minded quirkophobe"- and especially to fans of Philip Pullman and Jack Chalker.
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