Ember from the Sun
{{Short description|1995 novel by Mark Canter}}
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Ember from the Sun is a novel by Mark Canter published by New English Library in 1995.
Plot summary
Ember from the Sun is a novel in which Yute Nahadeh discovers a frozen pregnant Neanderthal in an ice cave, and implants her fetus in a modern surrogate mother who names the Neanderthal baby Ember.
Reception
Richard Jones reviewed Ember from the Sun for Arcane magazine, rating it an 5 out of 10 overall.{{cite journal|last=Jones|first=Richard|date=May 1996|title=The Great Library|journal=Arcane|publisher=Future Publishing|issue=6|page=82}} Jones comments that "Canter could have chosen a bizarre ending, an apocalyptic one, a happy or a sad one. Instead he goes for the Crap Ending option and you come away feeling cheated and used. Shame, really. I was willing to forgive the various failures in plot and style because I was quite getting into the Neanderthals."
Kirkus Reviews states "An effective blend of scientific fact and shamanistic fancy, one that weaves a genuinely magic spell."{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mark-canter-2/ember-from-the-sun-2/ |title=EMBER FROM THE SUN by Mark Canter |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |date=1996-10-01 |accessdate=2019-10-17}}
Publishers Weekly states: "Canter's approach fails to do his premise, or his characters, particularly the appealing Ember, full justice."{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/emberfromsun00cant |title=Fiction Book Review: Ember from the Sun by Mark Canter, Author Delacorte Press $22.95 (0p) |isbn=978-0-385-31457-2 |publisher=Publishersweekly.com |date=1996-09-02 |accessdate=2019-10-17 |url-access=registration }}
Entertainment Weekly rated the book a "C" and states that "Ember from the Sun's plucked straight from the pulp fantasies of Edgar Rice Burroughs."{{Cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/09/27/ember-sun/ |title=Ember from the Sun | EW.com |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=2019-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622071711/https://ew.com/article/1996/09/27/ember-sun/ |archive-date=2019-06-22 |url-status=dead }}
Reviews
- Review by Helen Gould (1995) in Vector 186
- Review by Paul J. McAuley (1996) in Interzone, #104 February 1996
- Kliatt{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/sim_kliatt_1997-07_31_4/page/44/mode/2up | title=Kliatt 1997-07: Vol 31 Iss 4 | date=July 1997 | publisher=Kliatt Paperback Book Guide }}