Saraband of Lost Time

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Summary: A great, elegaic sf novel
Review: Among the most lyrical of sf novels, Richard Grant's "Saraband of Lost Time" should appeal to anyone who has enjoyed anything by M. John Harrison, Delaney's "Dhalgren" or Joan Vinge's "The Snow Queen". And while Grant can trade prose styles with the best of them, he also has a wicked sense of humour and a deft touch with a firefight.The plot of "Saraband" is byzantine and often obscure, but the characters are as lost in it as you will be, while the author clearly has the map in view.A great sf novel, and one that turns up new gems on re-reading after re-reading, its mournful, ripe, elegaic tone make it a perfect autumnal read. The saddest thing of all. though, is that it's not in print