The Warrior Who Carried Life
The Warrior Who Carried Life is a fantasy novel by Canadian writer Geoff Ryman, published in 1985.
Plot summary
It is the story of Cara, who learns witchcraft to get revenge on the Galu.Reception
Dave Langford reviewed The Warrior Who Carried Life for White Dwarf #66, and stated that "For the climax Ryman goes for broke; a sad and gentle coda saves his theme from the common fault of being too big to care about. There are glitches, but Ryman is an author to watch."Colin Greenland reviewed The Warrior Who Carried Life for Imagine magazine, and stated that "Ryman draws on folklore other authors have forgotten, to create a dark fantasy at once familiar and deeply strange. Cara's quest through hell for vengeance on inhuman invaders has the clarity and conviction of a good nightmare. Geoff Ryman is the most gifted of new British fantasy writers by far."
Reviews
- Review by Brian Stableford in Fantasy Review, June 1985
- Review by Faren Miller in Locus, #294 July 1985
- Review by Mike Dickinson in Vector 127
- Review by Gregory Feeley in Foundation, #35 Winter 1985/1986,
- Review by Mary Gentle in Interzone, #12 Summer 1985
- Review by Orson Scott Card in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1987
- Review by Tom Easton in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1987
- Review by Darrell Schweitzer in Aboriginal Science Fiction, January–February 1989
- Review by Matt Hilliard in Strange Horizons, 22 July 2013