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Summary: Great but read this to get to the next two books
Review: I hadn't read any science fiction in over 12 years when my wife, a voracious reader who reads a great variety of work but little sci-fi, recommended this trilogy (she's read it at least three times). This is what great reading is about: compelling, fascinating characters you love, an interesting plot that slowly reveals itself, drama, humor, irony and a marvelous imagination at work. It has renewed my interest in this field. It is also the only trilogy I've read where every book was stronger than the previous one versus the middle book being the weak one. The other viewers' comments are accurate. Bear with Varley's long descriptions of the planetary structure Gaea and you will be in for a delicious read.
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Summary: The best of the best!
Review: I have read the Titan, Wizard, and Demon trilogy over and over and I never tire of them. To read these novels is to visit a world unlike any you have seen before. If you are deciding whether or not to read these books, I envy you. A person only gets to read a triology like this for the first time once in a lifetime.
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Summary: Of Discriminating Taste
Review: I have read, with utter disgust and condenscending understanding, the reviews of Varley's Titan, but I must tell the readers of the various customer reviews, that the so-called critics have been deluded by their times, a sort of 21st century Victorianesque prudery that is in a lascivous relationship with the tendencies of political correctness and watered-down sophemoric feminism, that this is a wonderful novel. Read Titan. In your later years, and unless you die early, there will be later years, you will remember many scenes in Varley's trilogy--Wizard and Demon, too, and wonder what kind of novel you have been exposed to. The definition of science fiction is errenous because this novel cannot be defined by one genre. It's sensuousness and tenderness is almost French, and very rewarding in our very Teutonic culture. Can I say that? I don't care. Read this novel and the rest of the trilogy.
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Summary: It's Huge
Review: I picked up Titan in a used book pile at the swap meet for a quarter! I had never heard of Varley and didn't expect much. However, after reading it I was amazed, and could not contain my excitement. I thoroughly enjoyed discovering the world known as "Titan." But I wanted more, and what would you know, it was the first book of a trilogy. Yes! I took my own sweet time reading second book Wizard, just so that I could savor every paragraph and soak up all that was said. Wizard was just as good if not better than Titan. I can't wait to read Demon.
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Summary: An Awesome Book!!!
Review: I read this book a few years ago and I loved it! It keeps you engaged throughout the story and there are so many interesting twists and turns. You should definitely read it. It's great!
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Summary: Varley Still Rules!
Review: I read this book several years ago and it has become the standard for which I base innovative SF. I have read everything that John Varley has written since. His works seems to have common themes- a near future distopia, bio manipulation, and strong female characters are only some of them. "Titan" was the first in the series with "Wizard" and "Demon" following. Sigorney Weaver's Ripley in "Alien" must've been modeled after Titan's Cirroco Jones. I thought, "Some one's been reading Varley", when I first read Foster's novelization of "Alien". Varley has just the right mix of speculative and provocative fiction that are appealing to me as an open and imaginative reader. Varley's "Persistance of Vision" is one of my all time favorite short story series.I am thrilled to see anything new from John Varley.I was excited about reading his newer novels, "Steel Beach","The Golden Globe" and his latest "Red Thunder". Despite what any of the reviewers have said in these reviews, "Titan" remains at the top of my all time favorites. If you can't get this book at Amazon look for it elsewhere. As a long time bibliophile with broad and eclectic reading experience, I still say..Varley Rules!
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Summary: Titan
Review: I read Titan and Wizard in the early 1980's. I have read some of the reviews and the criticisms about Titan's sexual content. It's strange; I remember that the novel was a bit spicy, but what I remember most is wanting to know what happened next. I also remember how disappointed I was when I could not find the sequel, Demon. I have just found it. It has been a few years since I have read the others two books, so I will have to reread them to refresh my memory. I feel that if I am still interested in the ending of the trilogy, the first novel had to be something special.
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Summary: Varley Rules!
Review: I read Titan twenty years ago and the sequels as soon as they came out. Then I have dutifully scoured the bookshelves for everything he has written. I have not known many people as well aquainted with his work as myself and would like to discuss Varley's work with another Varleyphile. Titan is a SF crossover like many of my favorite authors, i.e. Simmons, King. Varley has the right mixture of future fiction, adult themes and intrigue and a wonderful imagination that makes it exactly the kind of books I love. If anyone knows how I could write John Varley I'd really appreciate the info. P.S. I read Titan before Sigorney Weaver did Alien and for some reason she always been Cirrocco Jones. I told myself after reading Foster's novelization, "They must've read Varley!"
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Summary: Oh come on...
Review: I'm shocked that the author of the brilliant novels "The Ophiuchi Hotline" and "Millenium" is responsible for this uninspired mess. Granted, Varley has a good imagination, but this book as a whole leaves MUCH to be desired. This is EXTREMELY light and mindless reading, more space-fantasy than sci-fi. The most irritating part of the book is that, for all the incredible things that the main characters encounter, they certainly accept them easily, and this fosters a lack of interest on the reader's part. Plus, while Varley has a tendency to focus quite a bit on sex in novels, I've never minded it until now; this book treats sex in a very immature manner - no real purpose to it, just trying to keep the reader's attention. The back-cover blurb says that this is comparable to Frank Herbert's "Dune" - no freakin' way.
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Summary: Only having read this book, I have mixed feelings..
Review: I've only read Titan, and haven't read any of the other books in the trilogy. This gives me a different perspective from the readers here who obviously appreciate this book for it's overall value in the trilogy; I have no such love for it in that aspect. The book is rather tedious and uninteresting up until the last 20 pages, and doen't really draw your attention until that point. The highlight is the end of the book, which makes the 300 pages up to it seem somewhat worthwhile, and leaves you wanting more. I would not recommend this book to most anyone unless they are willing to commit to finding out what's so "magical" in the next 2 books.
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