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Summary: Zelazny asking important questions
Review: I was prepared for disappointment in this collaboration. I was anything but. Days after finishing this novel, questions still race through my mind. This novel raises deep philosophical and theological questions. Not a first for Zelazny, whose Amber series speculated on the nature of reality and the location of the true template of existance. Once again, we see the forces of order and chaos in battle, but this is a much more reasoned and thoughtful story, and it asks questions that need raising about the path of our technology and how it relates to humanity. A powerful ending to a phenomenal career. Mr. Zelazny will be missed, and Ms. Lindskold did a superlative job in bringing this nearly lost work to us. If it were not made apparent on the cover, I never would have suspected that any talent other then Zelazny was at work here. I look forward to seeing solo work by this author!
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Summary: LONG and boring at times
Review: In reading Donnerjack, I came upon feelings that flip-flopped and changed back and forth. Some parts were unbearably awkward, lame, and badly written, totally un-Zelazny and just plain unappealing. Then there were some parts that seemed to just flow by because they were so exciting. I know that a lot of readers have commented that Zelazny only wrote the first part, but I don't think that's true. Zelazny has a certain bold flair in his writing most of the time, as if he's utterly confident that what's he's writing won't be termed as lame or otherwise. There were certain sections in the second part of Donnerjack that I know weren't just Jane Lindskold, because Zelazny's style was so clearly stamped upon them. Although it's also true that Lindskold dominates much of the second half of the book, and her long and winding style is pretty apparent for any reader to see. I would recommend Donnerjack to only long-time Zelazny readers, or at least people who have read other Zelazny works, because this piece is definitely not his best one, and it is just so LONG and winding at times.
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Summary: An Excellent Book
Review: Nobody, nothing, nowhere, or nowhen
should be challenging Death to a battle to the Death.
If somebody, something, somewhere or somewhen dies,
Well then, He's won.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!
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Summary: Donnerjack go ahead and read it
Review: Primo Book Even though I'm still having trouble getting over Roger Zelazny's death
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Summary: Duel with Death...and win!
Review: Roger and I had a complex and difficult relationship. For years he made light of me, gave me the bum's rush and the cold shoulder, even compared me to Tokyo Bay. Finally he put me in a musical comedy; that was the last straw. He defeated every demon I could muster, but he couldn't hold off the cancer long enough to finish DONNERJACK. I thought I'd won, but he defeated me in the end. Now he's an immortal, destined to live forever, while I'm only a shadow in cyberspace. Here's to you, Roger: indomitable.
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Summary: LOVE THIS BOOK!
Review: Roger was a master of the planes. He wrote of heroes and gods who transcended space and time and realities. This is a tantalizing tale of a world, a man, his son, and the virtual world that he helped to "create." But did he really create VIRTU or did he merely open the door?Similar at times to the matrix and yet not. You must read it to understand. What is Virtu? What is the Matrix? Similar questions, the answers may be found in DonnerJack. Yes, you can challenge death and win your way, but death comes to us all: men, women, re-animated junk heaps that resemble snakes and dogs, even gods. To understand this you need to read this book! If you are a true Zelazny fan, you would like this one.
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Summary: LOVE THIS BOOK!
Review: Roger was a master of the planes. He wrote of heroes and gods who transcended space and time and realities. This is a tantalizing tale of a world, a man, his son, and the virtual world that he helped to "create." But did he really create VIRTU or did he merely open the door? Similar at times to the matrix and yet not. You must read it to understand. What is Virtu? What is the Matrix? Similar questions, the answers may be found in DonnerJack. Yes, you can challenge death and win your way, but death comes to us all: men, women, re-animated junk heaps that resemble snakes and dogs, even gods. To understand this you need to read this book! If you are a true Zelazny fan, you would like this one.
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Summary: New Mythology
Review: This collaboration between Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold, while not entirely seamless, is very smooth. As one would expect of a Zelazny book, the characters and settings are wildly inventive. The virtual world, populated by living programs and mythic deities, is attempting to take physical reality in the "real" world. This is only the background plot. Much of the opening deals with a deal with a devil -- or Death, and the rest of the novel is involved with the consequences. Not quite as taut as, say, Lord of Light, the novel is nevertheless excellent. The novel would deserve a five-star rating if I were comparing it to the work of almost any other writer, but Zelazny can only be compared to Zelazny.
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Summary: New Mythology
Review: This collaboration between Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold, while not entirely seamless, is very smooth. As one would expect of a Zelazny book, the characters and settings are wildly inventive. The virtual world, populated by living programs and mythic deities, is attempting to take physical reality in the "real" world. This is only the background plot. Much of the opening deals with a deal with a devil -- or Death, and the rest of the novel is involved with the consequences. Not quite as taut as, say, Lord of Light, the novel is nevertheless excellent. The novel would deserve a five-star rating if I were comparing it to the work of almost any other writer, but Zelazny can only be compared to Zelazny.
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Summary: Zelazny hasn't lost a step in the creation of this world
Review: War between the Gods in cyberspace, pregnancy through cybersex, Death alive and well in cyberspace, and people transiting the interface between reality and cyberspace without mechanical help; Zelazny is in fine form here as he and posthumous collaborator Lindskold proceed to show the cyberpunk movement how it REALLY should be done. The vivid imagery we've come to expect from Zelazny is here, lush in sensualiy and detail. The characters in this novel somewhat defy everyday description; suffice it to say that you won't forget any of the movers and shakers of this story. A fine capstone to a celebrated career, and a nice monument to one of the finest writers of our times
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