Call Me a Dreamer

Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
The first section of Earthquake Weather felt somewhat disorienting and fractured, which may have been a purposeful reflection of Janis/Cody/et al Plumtree's multiple personalities. As Plumtree and her new-met friend Cochran meet up with several companions (all familiar from the first two books of the Fault Lines series), the book begins to gain cohesion. In part, this is because the enlarged cast has a single primary goal which provides a focus to both the novel and the characters, even as each of the characters has his or her own personal goals and motivations. Amazingly, Power's manages to bring the multiple threads of plot and character development to a satisfactory conclusion.


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By the way, although the final two books of Tim Powers' Fault Lines series have been combined in an omnibus edition that includes Expiration Date and Earthquake Weather, the series starts with Last Call.