Gaea is considered a goddess but her powers are derived from a highly advanced knowledge of biology that allows her to create centaurs and the other species that fill her habitat through genetic engineering and the healing of the heroes is far from miraculous.Ĭirocco Jones has become the Wizard, with an important job on behalf of Gaea, but again it’s not about magic. The Gaea habitat is full of strange creatures and John Varley used typical fantasy elements in “Titan” but it’s actually a pure science fiction story. The various regions of Gaea are controlled by local intelligence but some of them have rebelled therefore travelling within it can be very dangerous but there are those who are willing to try in exchange for the cure for a disease. One important reason is the possibility that people come from the Earth and the human space colonies in search of a cure for diseases that are incurable for human medicine but not for Gaea.įor decades Gaea has captured human radio and television broadcasts, which are a good remedy against boredom but it’s even better to have humans in her habitat attempting to perform heroic deeds. By doing so, however, it’s more difficult to understand the complexity of Gaea and the changes in Cirocco Jones and Gaby Plauget.įollowing her discovery, Gaea has established friendly relations with humans, also because she’s aware that she couldn’t survive a nuclear strike. Several decades have passed since the adventures of the first novel so in theory you can read the second independently. “Wizard” is set on Gaea, the extraordinary living habitats found in the novel “Titan” by Cirocco Jones and her crew. Robin comes from a space colony inhabited only by extremist feminists and came to a place where there are also males only because she hopes that the form of epilepsy that afflicts her gets cured. Gaby Plauget carries out most of the work on behalf of Gaea, who through her ambassadors on Earth selects people who come to her habitat to perform heroic deeds in exchange for healing incurable diseases.Ĭhris Major suffers from occasional blackouts during which he does things he can’t remember at all. Seventy-five years after the arrival on the Gaea habitat along with her crew, Cirocco Jones is an alcoholic because she can’t bear the responsibility resulting from her deal with Gaea. It is the second novel in the Gaea trilogy and is the sequel of “ Titan“. The novel “Wizard” by John Varley was published for the first time in 1980.
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