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Summary: Not Zelazny's best, but damn good fun anyway!
Review: "The savage classic that inspired the apocalyptic hit science fiction film!" says the ad blurb.Well, the ad blurb at least got the first part right, eh? However, if it wasn't for the dank 1977 movie and its groovy armored RV, this early Zelazny novel might be languishing out of print. Fourteen years before _The Road Warrior_, another ballsy loner in leather zooms the wastelands of a post-apocalyptic world, one that has gone insane with lurid pulp nasties like giant gila monsters, big snakes, super bats, storms that dump debris from the sky, and roving motorcycle gangs (gotta have those). Our hero, Hell Tanner, carries a shipment of life-saving serum to beleaguered Boston, and the hard-bitten man transforms through his struggles to genuinely care about the survival of the cursed world. The slow transformation never becomes cliché or silly, especially since Zelazny constantly throws a smorgasbord of action at Tanner's armored fortress-car. A few avant-garde sequences throw the book off kilter, but otherwise the hard-boiled fury of this adventure carries you quickly to the finale.
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Summary: Good, enjoyable pulp
Review: After a nuclear war most of North America has become a wasteland known as 'Dammnation Alley'. Hell Tanner, the last surviving Hells Angel and due to die for rape, murder, extortion, etc. is given the choice of delivering a vital vaccine to a plague ridden city or being executed. Zelazny writes a imaginitive and hard edged thriller filled with vivid imagery. I suspect that Hell Tanner was the inspiration for 'Escape From New York' Snake Plisken and its a pity that Jack Smight's film was just a dilute interpretation of the original. I am surprised it hasn't been re-published.
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Summary: A must read for any sci-fi fan.
Review: Damnation Alley is a book of epic proportions, set in the future. Travel between settlements have become nearly impossible and that is where the true story lies. You are taken on a trip through a typical voyage accross america in a post World War III land. From strange plants, to odd weather shifts makes for a great adventure. This definitly is a must read.
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Summary: good story, classic
Review: I read this book after watching the movie as a kid, and reading all the bad reviews. I have to say I quite liked it, the character is much different than george peppard in the movie and I like the spiffy new cover.
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Summary: Post-Apocalyptic Road Trip
Review: This is an interesting book-- different in some ways from other Zelazny novels. The narrative was less polished than most of his other work. I read this novel on a Greyhound going through some of the area that the story takes place in. I can see why this was made into a film. It has a sort of visual quality, but I never really felt the character was in much danger, or even really challenged, until the encounter with the bikers at the end. Still, the post-apocalyptic road trip across America was intriguing if not gripping. Sort of an On the Road/Art of Motorcycle Maintenance for SF fans. The first thought I had when encountering Hell Tanner was that this must have been the direct inspiration for Snake Pliskin, and that this book (or the 1977 movie) must have been an inspiration for the movie Escape from New York. There are many similarities-- too many for coincidence. It is entertaining, and Hell Tanner is a solid character, far nicer than he believes himself to be. Like all Zelazny novels, my major complaint is that this one is too short. One question I'd like to throw out is that at the end, the "three days" was mentioned, as well as the islands maybe having survived them. Does that mean this is somehow connected to This Immortal?
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Summary: Best verson of the story
Review: This is expanded from a longish short story, and of course was made into that AWFUL movie, but it is a very fun read and really has that early Zelazny sense of a very strange world.
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Summary: More like three and a half stars.
Review: This is weaker Zelazny, which makes it better than most novels. If you are looking for a book that has action with out sacrificing literary skill this book is for you.
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Summary: A great story
Review: This novel is an absolute classic portrayal of near future but post apocalypse Earth. It is set in a US in which what remains of the population is confined largely to the coasts and separated by a wild and dangerous interior. When the population on the East coast is threatened by a deadly disease, the only hope is for a medical supplies to be transported overland. The book follows one man, unreformed biker Hell Tanner who sets out to cross the badlands. As a setting for a novel this is not very promising. However, the author brings a huge amount of invention and narrative skill to bear and the result is a page turner. Of course, you know from the start that Hell Tanner will reluctantly accept the assignment and that he will face almost certain defeat on the way. Despite that knowledge, you want to keep reading this book because the story is just so well put together. For me, one of the marks of a really good book is the vividness of the images that it creates in my head. By that test, this book was very good indeed. If you like SF adventure stories, then track down a copy of this book and you will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Good Shallow Fun
Review: Well this book was a quick read. Punctuated with Zelanzy's usual lean prose.
THe plot is quite simple and basic, A con is given the chance to save half of a Post Apocalyptic Nuclear Torn USA. Basic setup for a bad dude to redeem himself. Well this book is quite short, and in all honesty not to bad. It was fun, but its quite forgetable. In the end I would definetly recomend reading something more worthwhile, even Zelanzy has done better than this.
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Summary: Good Shallow Fun
Review: Well this book was a quick read. Punctuated with Zelanzy's usual lean prose.
THe plot is quite simple and basic, A con is given the chance to save half of a Post Apocalyptic Nuclear Torn USA. Basic setup for a bad dude to redeem himself. Well this book is quite short, and in all honesty not to bad. It was fun, but its quite forgetable. In the end I would definetly recomend reading something more worthwhile, even Zelanzy has done better than this.
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