This Shared Dream
"Living up to its title, THIS SHARED DREAM is ultimately a novel about connectedness,and the possibility of greater harmony in what used to be calledthe family of man. Little wonder that Goonan's overarching metaphor for earthly felicity is improvisational jazz, the true music of the spheres." --Michael Dirda, Washington Post"Packed with provocative ideas . . . a rare novel that combines a darkly realistic vision of history with a dose of classic SF optimism about the fixability of the future" -- Gary K. Wolfe, LOCUS"The book is generous and hopeful in the face of all the evidence of humankind's capacity for folly, tribalism, violence, (and) destruction . . . and I would like tolive there, too." --Russell Letson, LOCUS"A tough-minded, kind-hearted, fiercely intelligent novel."--Ursula K. Le Guin"Kathleen Ann Goonan's THIS SHARED DREAM is a richly imagined tale of  gypsies and jazz, Nazis and nanotechnology, war and assassination and  the Summer of Love. As elegant and complicated as the ever-changing time streams that wind through it, THIS SHARED DREAM is a must-read in this or any world." --Connie WillisPraise forIn War Times:One ofPublishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2007The American Library Association’s Best Genre Novel of the Year“WhileThis Shared Dreamis plenty exciting and expertly paced, there’s a quietness, a gentleness, throughout. Its characters talk far more than they act. They aren’t just action figures; they’re real people, damaged yet striving, and we come to care deeply about them. Such is the power of art — the real, not imaginary, empathy-creating device. Living up to its title, “This Shared Dream” is ultimately a novel about connectedness, in every sense, and the possibility of greater harmony in what used to be called the family of man. Little wonder that Goonan’s overarching metaphor for earthly felicity is improvisational jazz, the true music of the spheres.”— The Washington Post“A complex…thoughtful and often dazzling journey through worlds that might, and perhaps should, have been.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review“[Goonan] can take all the credit for a narrative that has hardly a single flaw of pacing, setting, or characterization, and will be intelligible, not to say fascinating, to readers far beyond the ranks of World War II buffs. An authentic classic.”—Booklist, starred review