On

by Adam Roberts

Book Overview

""Adam Roberts has got what it takes."--Peter F. Hamilton" Tighe lives on a wall that towers above his village and falls away below it. Though vast and unforgiving, the Worldwall is all he and his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0575072997
• ISBN13: 9780575072992
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Explores a new, interesting "way of life"

The protagonist of "On" lives on a world with an interesting twist that changes everything about it (except human nature, of course). The book is believable, exciting, a little gory here and there, driven by both plot and character. It doesn't have a typical ending, but the ending makes sense when you think about it, and the author's dedication at the end mentions the theme that the ending fits into. A short appendix lays out the science behind this world if you missed the clear info dumps from one of the characters. I liked this book a lot.