This fantasy novel is based on Silverberg's Hugo Award-winning novella "Gilagamesh in The Outback" and is a development of the premise that there is an afterworld. The warrior-king Gilgamesh's adventures take him into the afterworld realms of Prester John, Simon Magus, Walter Raleigh and Picasso.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
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By SoulShade (Fort Collins, CO.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Land of the Living (Mass Market Paperback)
I picked up this book for the reason that Robert Silverberg wrote it. I was curious what he would have to say about the afterlife, and the obvious implications of a way back. If anyone could create a believable journey it would be him. What I found inside this tattered cover was a hollow incomprehensible story that jumps about like a rabbit on a griddle. The namesake of the book is addressed once early on in the book, and again towards the middle. Sixty pages to the end finally is the subject attended to in any serious fashion. Although Silverberg does eventually bring you to what he has promised it seems rushed, and forced. When the book was over I was left feeling hollow, and my time wasted. If you would like to read about book by Robert Silverberg, do not make it this one. Make it something Sci-Fi, not this historical melting pot of scattered thoughts.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fantasy legend,
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This review is from: Land of the Living (Mass Market Paperback)
While trying to avoid the dangers of the Afterworld, Gilgamesh seeks out his closest friend. Along the way he interacts with various historical characters who, like himself, are caught up in a never ending cycle of death and rebirth.
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