I re-read both every couple years. Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2016. I put down City of Refuge when this book became available at the library. I should probably read the book this is a prequel to, so I can see where all this leads. Fifth Sacred Thing, readers fell in love with Maya Greenwood, the 98-year-old writer who led Northern California's successful 21st century rebellion against a racist, totalitarian regime of the South. The characters were so whiny!! Just like with the Fifth Sacred Thing, I didnt want it to end. Can't wait to read "City of Refuge"! Please try your request again later. The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. Please try again. I just couldn't identify. It's about how Maya grew up and how her magick developed. This is the first in the (now) trilogy of novels by Starhawk. Wonderful book. The book is readable, but there seems to be slight water damage, the jacket is in poor condition, the top pages have stains of some kind, and the corners of the book are really beat up. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman.The book … Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2019. Walking to Mercury is chronologically the second book published in The Fifth Sacred Thing series, but it's a prequel to the first book. The exploration of Mercury has a minor role in the space interests of the world. It's a fascinating story of the hippie lifestyle and coming into adulthood of Johanna, Rio, and Maya. The Manhattan Mercury. Excellent character development and story line-but somewhat slow, Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2016. Lovely sequel to Starhawk's novel, Fifth Sacred Thing. Her latest is the newly published fiction novel City of Refuge, the long-awaited sequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing. … Bi main characters are always a bit of a selling point for me. "...hopes to find out why the power that once pounded through her like a drumbeat has fallen silent." Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. I have been wanting this book for some time, and I’m excited to finally have it. The vistas are gorgeous, the soul searching potent, the nostalgia delicious. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman.The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. In the first book, we are introduced to, and fall in love with the wise elder Maya Greenwood. But, then, I would argue that is inherent in utopian fiction. But the travel time to Mercury is much longer. Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2018. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Mercury is a barren planet covered with craters from impacts of asteroids and other objects. In fact it's a wonderful life plan for the present and future generations. City of Refuge is strong evidence of Starhawk’s wisdoms and movement sharpened analysis. This one focuses a lot on the relationship of a black and a white woman and how it is impacted by racism. Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2019. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. [3/2010:]. This makes Mercury's mass very high compared to its size. Walking to Mercury — fiction by Starhawk, extended excerpt. Love this book! I have taught it a few times in a my first-year seminar on utopia. One of the main characters, Maya Greenbaum, is the subject of Walking to Mercury. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published For a moment she felt a sharp sense of vertigo, as if the poles of the earth might shift and a new dimension open up at the far side of the gorge. I found Maya to be extremely frustrating and self centred, expecting eve “You don’t pay a workshop fee for it, you pay with your life.” I love Starhawk and The Fifth Sacred Thing was one of my favorites but I never did like Maya as a character. "If it was never used, then it is considered "uncirculated. Please try again. In this book, we meet her in her youth and follow her on the life-journey that guides her to the wise-woman she becomes. There were parts of her story that I resonated with, but it was hard to feel fully invested in her story. It took 90 pages for me to get interested. In particular, I find "The Spiral Dance" a marvellous introduction to the world of the goddess - once again it feels like information that I was waiting for without knowing it. “You don’t pay a workshop fee for it, you pay with your life.”, 33 Can't-Wait Works of YA Speculative Fiction for Summer. I felt that even though Maya thought endlessly about her life choices she had no depth. Once you read it, you will feel the hope and the need for action. Warning - these books can open your mind! Eat hearty, because afterwards it's a four-hour climb to the village of Namche Bazaar. The Legacy Project will honor the late music superstars Freddie Mercury and Sylvester in a virtual event Sunday, Oct. 11, 3-5 p.m., featuring multimedia, historians, tribute performances and a ceremony revealing their bronze memorials at the Legacy Walk Outdoor LGBTQ History Museum in the Northalsted area of Chicago. Due to the fictional nature of the story, and the fact the MC is on the way to becoming more enlightened and more whole, I struggled sometimes trying to determine what was a genuine spiritual insight and what was the character not-quite-grasping something. Unable to add item to List. I would have given it 5 stars if it were in a little bit better condition, but I’m still giving it 4 because it’s like this book has actually had a life and been what a book should be, enjoyed. I was worried about reading this prequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing because I found that book so wonderful. I read the first book in this series. This is the "prequel" to The Fifth Sacred Thing. It reminds us how easily mistakes can be made, people abandoned and betrayed, people loved and cherished. I was attached to all of the characters and will miss them. Kind of reminded me of Marge Piercy's Vida a little, but that's a good thing. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. "The photos below show examples of both conditions. So worth reading and seeing how Maya became the woman we know and love. Welcome back. We got this several years ago, it's on my reading list. Ignore the awful cover! This one takes us between the 60's and the 80's, between hippie psychedelic youth, to antiwar activism, to mid life crisis in landscapes of Haight-Ashbury, New York, and Mexican curanderas, to trekking the mountains of Tibetan Nepal. I tried reading this as a book club book because we liked Fifth Sacred thing so much. I was very satisfied with this book and it was wonderful to have a backstory not only to Maya's life but to how the story evolved in general. The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. What an amazing book - I wanted it to go on for ever. Written in the 70's, it's an amazing 'feminist' declaration for how our planet could be if we stopped polluting and ravaging it and using short term policies with catastrophic consequences on Mother Nature and society generally. Ugh, words cannot express how much I hated this book. Like all Starhawk's writing, this book is beautiful! You'll sleep well tonight!". The novel pits a Los Angeles dystopia against a San Francisco utopia several decades after the collapse of the United States due to nuclear arms. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman.The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. I'd love there to be another book that perhaps takes us from here, to 2047 and the journey she and her family took to get there. I was sad for the story to end. The travel time to the Moon is only about 3 days. My first introduction to Starhawk was from her eco-Feminist Sci-Fi, The Fifth Sacred Thing. And although it's true it isn't quite as good as that first novel, this one is still terrific. "Bright skies and crisp air greet us our first morning on the trail, where primroses and rhododendrons wave you on your way past fields and farmhouses to the entrance of Sagarmatha National Park. Mercury dimes, more formally known as Winged Liberty Head dimes, minted from 1916 to 1945 is a popular series of U.S. coins to collect.If the coin shows signs of wear on it due to being used in business transactions, it considered "circulated. Its not quite as good as the sequel, but a good read non the less, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2016. It also made rereading the Fifth Sacred Thing that much better. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Perhaps because she was so ponderous and it took longer than necessary to resolve some of her conundrums. Mercury poisoning is the result of being exposed to too much mercury, either through the diet or environment. Update: REALLY tried but could not endure. As of 2015, the Mariner 10 and MESSENGER missions have been the only missions that have made close observations of Mercury. The culminating factor has been her mother's death, and now Maya embarks on a trek in the Himalayas, intending to sprinkle her mother's ashes at … (New York, Bantam, 1997). Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Walking To Mercury is the sequel to the book 'The Fifth Sacred Thing'. Such a beautiful journey. That’s partly because Mercury is much further away – 10s of millions km. Laney Malavolta, who lived just north of … It's not as good as "The Fifth Sacred Thing", but it did add to my enjoyment of the series. Samw with Johanna. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Be the first to ask a question about Walking to Mercury. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman.The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. Love Starhawk! Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Would definitely highly reccommend this book to anyone seeking spiritually, but especially to anyone interested in the joining of spiritual praxis and political praxis. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman.The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman.The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. Mercury is a type of toxic metal that comes in different forms within the environment. There was a problem loading your book clubs. To find out I put almost 8 flasks (640lbs) in a reinforced plastic tub and step in. This may be JUST the book I need to read right now! As far as I can tell, it deals thoughtfully with issues of race during 1960s-80s anti-war/anti-nuclear activism. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2013, If you have read The Fifth Sacred Thing, then you will love this prequel. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman.The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. I hope she writes many more in this vain, mystical and futuristic in theme but also has many thought provoking ideas and ideas of possibilities. Engineers want the spacecraft to go into orbit around Mercury, and so it needs to be traveling at a slow enough velocity to be able to get into orbit without just flying past. I loved this book! I struggled to finish this book. These three will give you the full history of the characters, full development of their stories and lives, and actions. Although “The Walking Dead” has seen its ratings decline as the series grows older, it remains a popular fixture on AMC. I am full of admiration for Starhawk and can thoroughly recommend any of her writings. Maybe not as powerful or cohesive as The Fifth Sacred Thing, still it gives the back story to Maya, Rio & Johanna, ancestors to the grandchildren whose adventure makes up the "sequel"... being a child of the 60's myself I can totally relate to many of the things they went through and how the dream turned sour for many. Part of me wonders if some of this was cut from that other (awesome)novel,and reborn as Walking to Mercury. Start by marking “Walking to Mercury (Maya Greenwood, #2)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. I enjoyed this book very much. I got about half way through and couldn't manage the rest. We’d love your help. The bridge swayed as Maya stepped out on it. A friend recommended this and I couldn't put it down. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. I'd recommend this book to anyone who loves reading the work of a GREAT Storyteller! Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2015. This book is mainly a character study of Maya, but also delves into the lives of her partners Johanna and Rio. I'm really not sure where I got this book from, but when I picked it out of my book case I thought I would be getting a feminist sci-fi along the lines of. I was compelled to finish this book, since I had read and loved The Fifth Sacred Thing and was curious to know Maya’s backstory. It's pretty good, and is a really neat character study that does not set out to portray her as or any other characters as perfect or reaching for perfection, but as people with flaws and baggage who are growing, learning, changing, and making new mistakes as they do so. In Walking to Mercury, a younger Maya treks through Nepal carrying the ashes of her mother on her back as she searches for a reunion with her sister. This is also a book about what being human is about, the joy and heart break, the ignorance and the knowledge, the bliss and the betrayal. I'm now reading The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk, which is equally as enthralling and inspiring. Then we suggest taking a peek at these highly anticipated young adult books, all... To see what your friends thought of this book. I bought it used with a “good” condition option, and I think I have a different definition of “good”. Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2017. This book was my least favourite in the series by far, it slammed on the brakes on the main story in order to delve into the life of one of the lesser characters from the first book. He was right. https://www.epa.gov/mercury/health-effects-exposures-mercury I'm a big Starhawk fan. The culminating factor has been her mother's death, and now Maya embarks on a trek in the Himalayas, intending to sprinkle her mother's ashes at … In the first book, we are introduced to, and fall in love with the wise elder Maya Greenwood. Their relationships are complex and dynamic. A 39-year-old woman attacked and killed by bear while she was walking her dogs has been identified. The terminator on Mercury travels at a reasonable walking rate of just 2.2 miles per hour, while the line that divides day and night on Earth travels at around 1,000 miles per hour. I am reading my way through Starhawk's trilogy in the opposite order in which she wrote them: started with City of Refuge, then thought- I have to read them in the order in which they take place, so I just read Walking to Mercury. City of Refuge (The Fifth Sacred Thing) (Volume 3), The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess: 20th Anniversary Edition, The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature, The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Sacred Activism), The word mercury conjures many images--the messenger god, the planet that rules over communication, the liquid metal that defies attempts to be held--images that form the backbone of. The viewpoint character isn't very endearing - she'd be an incredibly irritating person to be friends with - and that works quite well. Something went wrong. Picked up the sequel to Fifth Sacred Thing instead, and so far it is absolutely lovely. Mercury poisoning refers to a toxicity from mercury consumption. This is a prequel to Fifth Sacred Thing. 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