Customer Reviews
An excellent read.... - By: Andrew Mills, 16 Mar 2002 
Julian May's first bookin the "The Galactic Milieu Trilogy", chronicles the epic tale of Jack (AKA Jon or Ti-Jean) Remillard's amazing development from foetusin his mother's womb to a young boy, & Marc, his older brother, & Uncle Rogi's desperate struggle to keep him alive...
This is a fantastic story lined with sub-plots that keep you guessing to the end. Julian May develops the main characters well, so that you believein (despite their almost unbelievable "powers") & feel for them. Asin the previous review, "Uncle Rogi" is perhaps my favourite character, possibly because he is a relatively ordinary man (for the times), thrust into the middle of the adventure & is often part of history changing events.
Some people may find Jack the Bodiless a little heavy going at times, but it is worth sticking with it. While this is the firstin the trilogy, I would recommend reading Julian May's previous book "Intervention" (an excellent readin itself) beforehand - while it is not necessary to do so, there are some events reference toin it & it does set the scene for the Galactic Milieu Trilogy.
Fantastic characters, humour, drama and tragedy throughout. - By: , 17 Jun 2000 I first read Julian May's Saga of the Exilesin the summer of 1983, I had to wait a further 12 years for the final chapters of this modern epic, but it was well worth the wait. In Jack the Bodiless Julian May Introduces us to the Remillard Family, a fantastically talented group of mental giants & their youngest son Jon or Jack as he is known. Jack is also a Mental heavyweight, the strongestin fact, but is also a mutant with a dying body. The story charts the early part of Jacks life & the childhood of his older brother Marc, a character readers of the Saga of the Exiles will be familiar with. As ever Julian May's character development is amazing & you feel genuine emotions about each of them (I for one am particularly fond of Uncle Rogi, but that's just me). I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who likes their Sci-Fi to have a dash of the intelligent to it.
