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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Luke, baby -- is that you?,
By Mal (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Search for the Dice Man (Paperback)
What a disappointment! This sequel comes about a quarter century after the original, but shows nothing of its antecedents. You'll search in vain for "Luke Rhinehart" here and, like me, suspect a different (and very indifferent) author. My advice is -- don't read it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Time to reconsider "The Dice Man",
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This review is from: The Search for the Dice Man (Paperback)
I feel about "Dice Man" a bit like I feel about Ayn Rand's novels: Both begin in our real world and proceed to carry us towards an alternate (superior?) life structure envisioned by the author. I can't see either vision as a complete blueprint for re-forming my life, and yet the ideas are extremely thought-provoking and powerfully expressed. The orginal "Dice Man" is a great fantasy. This follow-on, set 20 years later, is a (somewhat) more realistic examination of the implications of dice living. True, it's a bit less fantastic than the original, but if you really found the dice notion interesting, you should read this as well. I enjoyed it, both for its ideas and as a novel.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Dicapointing sequel to The Dice Man,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Search for the Dice Man (Paperback)
The Search for the Dice Man picks up 20 years after the events in The Dice Man focussing on Luke's son, Larry, a successful Wall Street futures broker who has shun the dice living of his father. Chance intervenes and he finds himself searching for his father and discovering the perils and pleasures of the dice life.The narrative and style of the novel is much more conventional than that of The Dice Man, partly down to the fact that it's (mainly) written from Larry's conservative viewpoint. However this makes for a fairly ordinary, even dull read at times missing a lot of the irony and wildness of the first book. Fans of the Dice Man should still give it a look, just don't expect much of it's freshness or uniqueness.
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