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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
lesser-known, but brilliant,
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This review is from: Dark Universe (Paperback)
After nearly a decade writing action-oriented stories for a variety of pulp science fiction magazines, in 1961 Daniel Galouye published Dark Universe, the first and best of his six novels. For his remarkable effort, he was rewarded with a Hugo nomination for best novel, losing by a slim margin to Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land.The glory of Dark Universe is not simply Galouye's creation of an alien world, but his success in describing an alien way of *perceiving* that world. The characters of the novel are humans who live underground in total darkness and have finely tuned their other senses -- particularly their hearing -- to compensate for the lack of sight, as a blind person might. That whole communities exist in this state and navigate their world accordingly hightens the novel's sensory effect, challenging the reader to perceive as the characters do. Initial disorientation leads slowly to an understanding of the internal "language" these characters use to interact with each other and their environment, an achievement similar to Burgess's in A Clockwork Orange, where the narrarator's slang-dominated prose gradually begins to make sense by way of context. As a display of technique that engages the reader and demands thoughtful attention, Dark Universe is a masterpiece. Perhaps predictably, Galouye's history in the pulps results in a run-of-the-mill plot with thin characterizations -- lots of SF writers admittedly have these problems -- but despite these flaws, and an abrupt and somewhat unsatisfying ending, Dark Universe is still an impressive book. It's also a quick read, considerably shorter -- and arguably more enjoyable -- than Heinlein's more famous work of that same year. Galouye's other books are also worth searching for, especially Simulacron-3 (1964), an early exploration of what would eventually come to be known as "virtual reality."
20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love you Papere!,
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This review is from: Dark universe (The Gregg Press science fiction series) (Hardcover)
This book is one of many written by my grandfather, Daniel F. Galouye. My grandfather passed away when I was a little girl and my memories of him are few and precious. I have read most of his works and have enjoyed them all. One of his books, Simulacron-3, has been made into a movie entitled The Thirteenth Floor. It will be release this May. I hope you enjoy his books as much as I do! I love and miss you Papere
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
After the bomb adventure,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dark universe (The Gregg Press science fiction series) (Hardcover)
Great story fo a group of people whose ancestors escaped underground to avoid radiation from a war. Somewhere in the past their power plant goes defunct and they lose light. Their descendants worship light and the devil radiation. They move around by clicking stones together to produce echos. Very good book, fast paced, with an interesting plot
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