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Summary: A Rewarding Complexity
Review: This book is one of few I found complex enough and satisfying enough to really hold my attention. Like a great musical work it gathers recurrent themes and variations to a stunning crescendo at the end of the first book- which left me maddened for the end of the story. I hear recurrent rumours that there is a sequel and I have been searching desperately for it for years. Delaney is a great master of literature unacknowledged by professors of lit because of his genre, and this book is the pinnacle of his career.
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Summary: imaginative architecture
Review: This is a book which gets inside your head and changes somehow the imaginative architecture of your mind. It is fascinating also on a theoretical level, social level as well as pure, joyful aesthetics. 'Stars' is also a book which shows what immense potential there is when staid, generic codes of sf are broken. I loved it, was amazed and will return to it every few years.... So like every other lover of this novel, I regret Delany's decision (?) not to write a sequel.
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Summary: Delaney's best
Review: This is one of the most lyrical, entrancing books I have ever read -- easily Delaney's best novel. A wonderful social and psychological commentary pervades the story of a man and his discovery of himself through a newfound relationship, but the commentary never gets in the way of the story. My only regret is that there was supposed to have been a sequel to answer the questions the book leaves you with, but Delaney has never written it.
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Summary: Culture, power, love and sci fi Delany style.
Review: This novel was published nearly a decade after Delany's winning four Nebula Awards. The novel seems to be a bit rusty in contrast to his other works. It is also more mainstream than his other works. A good starting point for those who a just exploring this author.
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Summary: I've never been so glad to have read anything
Review: When your everday perception becomes narrow and dim, some books have the capacity to shake you out of it. This is one of those. It's been years since I read Stars in My Pocket, so I won't go into detail, but I will say: I've never been so glad to have read anything.
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Summary: A flawed work of genius
Review: Yes indeed, after reading this I do not doubt Delany's genius. His literary skill and ability to create highly individualistic turns of phrase never fails to impress me. The tale of Rat Korga comes alive in a galaxy of fascinating peoples and places. However, this is by no means an easy read. Delany's overly-stylized writing can grate at times. Sentence fragments. He uses them a lot. I recall reading the same chapter two, three times then having to put the book down in utter frustration, not understanding a word of what I had just read. As a result, it took me a good deal longer to read this than many books much longer than it (it's under 400 pages). But it was worth the difficulty, and is certainly a book that lends itself to rereading. Intelligent and intensely rewarding prose.
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