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Summary: What is wrong with you! Better than Lord Of Light!
Review: An ingenius book , writen in poetry , super philosofic and set in the far future with an egyptian mith' twist.When i read it for the first time i thaught it's the worst Zelazny that i've read. So i read it again. and again. somewhere between the 15th read and the 20th , i understood it's a second bible. My english is'nt good enaugh to even begin to tell you how i admire this book. I cant understand why sci-fi readers don't treat it as they treat "Dune" adleast. Really! Has no one taken the time to truly absorb what this book has to offer? It is a masterpiece of the first degree. Truly , It is Zelazny saying : "I AM A GENIUS". Real poetry.
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Summary: Synopsis
Review: From back of book:
For this dark time we'll simple refer to him as the man. Because his name has been taken from him. there is no reason to be more specific at this point...The man has been dead for one thousand years. Now, he leads the legions of dead he has assembled at his master's command and approaches his master. Prostrating himself before his master's throne he says "Hail, Anubis, Master of the House of the Dead!" Anubis lowers his black muzzle slightly and his fangs are white within it. Red lightning, his tongue, darts forward,re-enters his mouth. He stands."I have a mission to the middle world...."
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Summary: Wyrd
Review: From the moment of first contact I was thrown into a dream. It is a rare gift to be able to write without relying on logical, straightforward and often boring prose. Zelazny shows us what it means to write with intuition, how to write textures, raw sensual input. I read this book a while ago, then I read more of Zelazny's work, in fact all that I could find. Then I came back and read this book again. It remains my favorite, if only because it is still inexplicable, incomprehensible, and unique.
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Summary: Wyrd
Review: From the moment of first contact I was thrown into a dream. It is a rare gift to be able to write without relying on logical, straightforward and often boring prose. Zelazny shows us what it means to write with intuition, how to write textures, raw sensual input. I read this book a while ago, then I read more of Zelazny's work, in fact all that I could find. Then I came back and read this book again. It remains my favorite, if only because it is still inexplicable, incomprehensible, and unique.
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Summary: Ideas Galore
Review: I agree with Nicky Cunningham. The temporal fugue and the Agnostics' Prayer are great idea which Zelazny just tosses off casually. That's Zelazny's style: throw a bunch of great ideas together with a few memorable characters and see how it works out. The storyline here is nowhere near as gripping as Lord of Light, but I still give it five stars, because of the sheer tonnage of great ideas packed into the book. Confused, but brilliant.
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Summary: In the 70s This Was a Good Book
Review: I don't know what happened. When I first read this book back in the 70s, it was the best thing since sliced bread. Through my re-readings of it through the early 90s, it was still an excellent book. Now, with this re-reading, it's become mediocre. Surely, someone's re-written it since I last read it :) . Anyway, the book is interesting to read. But, it's pretty weird. The plot is haphazard, at best, and the character development is practically non-existent. If Zelazny had doubled or tripled the length of the book by hooking everything together in a sane manner, it could have been excellent (since the concept is neat). But, as it is, it's really not worth reading.
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Summary: In the 70s This Was a Good Book
Review: I don't know what happened. When I first read this book back in the 70s, it was the best thing since sliced bread. Through my re-readings of it through the early 90s, it was still an excellent book. Now, with this re-reading, it's become mediocre. Surely, someone's re-written it since I last read it :) . Anyway, the book is interesting to read. But, it's pretty weird. The plot is haphazard, at best, and the character development is practically non-existent. If Zelazny had doubled or tripled the length of the book by hooking everything together in a sane manner, it could have been excellent (since the concept is neat). But, as it is, it's really not worth reading.
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Summary: Geez, how painful...
Review: I'm sure that behind all the droning on about identity, life, etc., there was a plot. I just couldn't stay interested long enough to care. The author should have put more weight on the storyline instead. Basically, each chapter goes around and around randomly philosophizing for the majority of its length, and the remainder quickly advances the action or gives plot exposition. This is the 5th Zelazny book I've read, and I'm becoming convinced that "Lord of Light" is the only worthwhile and meaningful thing he ever wrote.
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Summary: Once every thousand years...
Review: In this book the gods of ancient Egypt are and have always been. And we can assume that the gods of our ancient Egypt were echoes of these beings. Our story begins in the House of the Dead where Anubis wakes a seemingly undefeatable man whose memory was taken and is to be his emissary. Anubis and Osiris each send an emmissary to a Middle World bent on destroying the only remaining threat to their power.
The story is not told in a smooth narrative, but in a series of short and often disjointed episodes. But continue reading, for the story will fall into place. The writting is excellent though, as would be expected from this author. What stood out for me in this book was Madrak, the all-bases-covered agnostic preacher. His prayer still stands out in my memory.
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Summary: Zelazny's best novel
Review: My favorite Zelazny novel -- funny, strange, vivid & involving. Bit of a disappointing Nding, but....
RZ takes the Egyptian pantheon of Gods & has fun with them, much as he did in LORD OF LIGHT, only this 1's funnier. Slow, odd start, but 1nce U get in2 it, U'll have a great time with the larger-than-life battles Btween mythical heroes & villians, the poetry Zelazny throws in2 the story with no advance warning, the fun the characters make of all the hero-story stereotypes -- U'll love it. Zelazny clearly loved a good joke. My favorite section is headed "Marachek," & includes the world's LONGEST run-on sentence -- I had a great time. But B warned -- this ain't no AMBER novel -- it's WAY BETTER....
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