Praise for The Luck of Madonna 13

E. T. Ellison's first novel is earning high praise from many corners. And awards, too! Critics have likened him to such diverse literary voices as Robert Heinlein, Terry Pratchett, Jack Vance, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kenneth Grahame, Bruce Sterling, Piers Anthony, Phillip Jose Farmer and Larry Niven, among others. They've also predicted the Last Nevergate Chronicles is headed for classic status, in the company of such as Asimov's Foundation Trilogy. Only time will tell, of course, but we're grateful for the kind words. And not too surprised. Some excerpts appear below. For the full text of these reviews, please click on the link to the right; there's a lot more good stuff there. --- Wynderry Press

June 2003 -- Book of the Year 2002 first place gold winner from prestigious ForeWord Magazine, the voice of independent and university publishers.

December 2002 -- January Magazine's selection of the 92 Best Books of 2002. One of the top six science fiction/fantasy titles.

"Highly imaginative."
      ---  Publisher’s Weekly, May 2002

"The Luck of Madonna 13 lives up to every bit of its advance praise. I can't wait to read the Second Chronicle of the Last Nevergate...a series that is destined for greatness. Ellison is a writer on a par with Paul Di Filippo, Steve Aylett, or Bruce Sterling, full of witty satire and cultural commentary. His first novel is innovative and inimitable, and his writing style displays an amazingly well-honed edge for a new writer."
     ---  Gabe Chouinard, January Magazine, December 2002.

"Conflict abounds, characters are larger than life, and the technology projections are superb. This is sci fi at its best. This will be a classic work on the scale of the Foundation [Isaac Asimov] or Dorsai [Gordon R. Dickson] series. We gave it our highest five hearts rating."
      ---   Bob Spear, Heartland Reviews, November 2002

"The Luck of Madonna 13 is quite wonderful. E.T. Ellison has brought us a fully realized future world with humor and more than a little understanding of human nature. His characters are superbly executed. His plot winds up and unwinds in completely believable ways. And, most important in a work that is intended to be the first installment in an ongoing saga, The Luck of Madonna 13 manages to satisfy and leave you wanting more.
      "Ellison’s cheerfully skewed wackiness puts the reader in mind of early Terry Pratchett. And, like Pratchett, there is some science here but mostly fantasy of an original enough nature that it begs for its own genre."
     ---  Lincoln Cho, January Magazine, June 2002

"Ellison is a hugely inventive storyteller with a wry sense of humor, a satirical bent that verges on being Swiftian, a gift for evocative wordcraft and a talent for making wacky and bizarre ideas completely believable. The Luck of Madonna 13 is a genre-spanning tale that can be enjoyed at multiple levels by audiences of vastly different ages and tastes."
    --- Gloria Mandeville, The Mountain Signal, September 2002

"This is a very amibitious first novel, which signals the arrival of a new force on the fantasy and science fiction scene. What a story! The Luck of Madonna 13 is a fun read and an extremely complex yet consistent tapestry; I anxiously await the next panel. So, Mr. Ellison, get to work on that sequel!"
     ---   Chuck Gregory, Blue Ear, September 2002

“Here’s something that flew in well off the radar that deserves a lot more attention than [the] latest Tolkien/Rowling mishmash. A rip-roaring good tale…a story for all ages. Better put, this is a story for all those people hip enough to “get it.”
--- David Soyka, Locus Online, January 2003

“… an impressive, sprawling book that manages to mix the best of fantasy and science fiction. Ellison’s speculation on future pop culture is some of the most thought-out and well presented I’ve seen; the world-building here is top-notch. The sociological satire is both funny and eminently believable, as are his inventions.”
--- Lynn Nicole Louis, SFReader, February 2003

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