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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great old Sci-Fi novel,
By Herr Frog (Washington DC area) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Babel Seventeen (Paperback)
Right now, I will just say that Delaney was a real star on the American literary skyline, and still one mistaken for a UFO apparently, judging from the scarcity of Amazon reviews on any of his books. I cannot believe how few!This novel is one of the several truly great sci-fi novels he wrote, alongside Nova, The Fall of The Towers, and others. Brilliant, colorful, gaudy, ambitious, experimental, I can't come up with enough descriptives. This novel is one of several big, big, ambitious novels he wrote, where he aimed for a total synastaesia within the mind of the reader; an intoxication with words and ideas, yet within the general form of a conventional epic science fiction novel. Did he aim too high? I think he always did, and I love him for it. Just like I did when I was a kid. If you like Ursula Leguin, Captain Beefheart, Robert Crumb, you will at least find this amusing. Maybe more. It was the art of a time and a place, and may seem dated now, but still reads as sweet as rock candy to me. I have watched Anime that strongly reminded me of Delaney and of this novel, but Delaney was years ahead.
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