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David Mingolla is one of many drug-pumped grunts slugging it out in the rotten jungles of Guatemala, an expendable pawn in an endless, amoral war. Then he meets Debora, an enigmatic young woman who may be working for the enemy, and stumbles into the deadly war zone of psychic conflict where the mind is the greatest woapon, and thoughts are used to kill.
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 438 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0752816144
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752816142
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,979,597 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Shepard is one of the best 20th century writers, February 19, 1999
By Peter F. Delaney (Gainesville, FL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life During Wartime (Mass Market Paperback)
I always love Lucius Shepard's work and this is his best novel. It is like "Apocalypse Now" in the future, and has the same kind of impact on the reader as that film did on the viewer.

A quote from the opening paragraph: "One of the new Sikorsky gunships... gave Mingolla and Gilbey and Baylor a lift from the Ant Farm to San Francisco de Juticlan, a small town located inside the green zone.... To the east of this green zone lay an undesignated band of yellow that corssed the country from the Mexican border to the Caribbean. The Ant Farm was a firebase on the eastern edge of the yellow band, and it was from there that Mingolla -- an artillery specialist not yet twenty-one years old -- lobbed shells into an area that the maps depicted in black-and-white terrain markings. And thus it was that he often thought of himself as engaged in a struggle to keep the world safe for primary colors."

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Read it. . ., May 3, 2003
By Nathan Blumenfeld "mastadge" (Wilmington, DE United States) - See all my reviews
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Lucius Shepard is a strong and beautiful writer. His stories have frequently been compared to those of Joseph Conrad, and indeed Shepard is a master of the short story and the novella. R&R, the novella that makes up the opening of this novel, is a beautiful and terrible read, and the quality of the writing remains consistently captivating throughout. So why have I given this novel only three stars? Because, as a novel, it doesn't really work. Shepard writes fantastic short fiction, but when he wrote LIFE DURING WARTIME, he just wasn't ready to tackle a novel. It reads like a series of episodes, each an good read on its own, but each also providing its own closure. But they are linked closely enough that were I to read something else in between them, I'd likely lose track of the details of the plot. So, while the writing is beautiful, the plot interesting, and each episode a joy to read on its own, the novel isn't able to sustain its momentum throughout. I'm glad I read it, but as a novel, it just doesn't quite work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, November 20, 2007
This review is from: Life During Wartime (Paperback)
The main hero starts as a regular trooper trying to survive the next attack, then gets recruited into psi-corps, is trained as assassin, learns about the powers that are behind the war and becomes the major player in finishing it.

Be warned, this is not an easy read. The mood of the book is dark and pessimistic. The pace is often slow and meditative. It's not your regular heroic sci-fi.

Shepard is a great writer and the quality of the prose in this book is absolutely outstanding. This is Literature (yes, with capital L). If you can handle a difficult book and have the time to read it sentence by sentence, then pick it up. If you are looking for entertainment during vacation on a beach - stay away.

Just in case, keep this book away from kids - there are pretty graphic descriptions of sex and war violence in a couple of places.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the original story
R&R was the story that put Shepard among the great names of SF and forms the chapter of this book. There are several familiar elements for fans of the author, exotic locales,... Read more
Published on May 25, 2002 by Milos Tomin

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read.
I'm always amazed at Shepard's output. He has a way of making things believable yet allowing you to be surprised at the next turn of events. Read more
Published on December 22, 1999 by Kevin M. Fries

5.0 out of 5 stars Relationships and war beautifully woven with Magic Realism
I enjoyed this book and Mr. Shepard's ability to provide a good story with some fantastic elements that are still very believable. Read more
Published on December 29, 1997

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