Sinai Tapestry

My belief that most writers would wish to have written this book (or any of the 5 Whittemore novels,) but also that most infinite players (J.P. Carse) would wish to have been a character, no matter how small, in the Sinai Tapestry, is commensurate with my belief in the future of human kind. There is an abundance of knowledge of the locations, of the people and events. There is empathy and compassion (a lethal combination). The absurd and the mundane live side by side, connected with love and humor, and a deep sense of the philosophy of the human condition. Whittemore has an intelligent, fun and erudite style which flows, yet makes you go back to read the same sentence or paragraph over again. There are cloying associations of the mystical and the down-to-earth, leaving the reader wondering even after the culmination of each episode. The characters belong to the events, the events belong to history and to the world, and the world belongs to us, thanks to Edward Whittemore.Jerusalem PokerQuin's Shanghai CircusNile ShadowsJericho Mosaic (The Jerusalem Quartet, Volume 4) Finite and Infinite Games

The books written by Edward Whittemore are not for everyone but his style appeals to me and the humanity in each of the five books are as beautiful as they are heart breaking. It is a shame that this author passed before he could continue writing.

Old Earth Books will be reprinting all five of the Whittemore novels. For details Google the web for "Edward Whittemore".

What can anyone say about a book like this,except that it is too short and ends too quickly for my taste. A wondrous, whirling, spinning dream that takes you into a world that is at once fictional and all to real to anybody with an imagination and the good sense to use it. I've been through numerous copies,( and lent not a few of them out to friends, never to see them again), but that's what a great book like this does, makes the rounds and gives so much to those who have the good fortune to chance upon it. The people who inhabit the world of Strongbow, O'Sullivan Beare,Haj Harun and the rest are so alive with their dreams that they can make a lesser man feel mundane and useless. Edward Whittemore is most definitely one of, if not THE, greatest storytellers of this century. Get this book.