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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
http://nhw.livejournal.com/490626.html[return][return]Returning to an early favourite for me here. The plot, to be honest, doesn't hold much water: far in the future, the Egyptian deities have returned (or some godlike beings have set themselves up as such) and are in charge of the universe. Various other mythical and cyborg beings drop in on proceedings. But really the book is a delight for the language and the impassioned present tense narrative, which sweeps you along so effectively that you don't notice how little sense it makes. Notable also for the Possibly Proper Death Litany, an agnostic's prayer:[return][return]"Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything you may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to insure any possible benefit for which you may be eligible after the destruction of your body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure your receiving said benefit. I ask this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between yourself and that which may not be yourself, but which may have an interest in the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of this thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen."[return][return]and for the great line, "They are my innards! I will not have them read by a poseur!"
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5 გაფლანგულ პოტენციალში :(
როგორც ვიცი ზელაზნი საერთოდ არ აპირებდა ამის გამოქვეყნებას და ეტყობა რომ არაა ბოლომდე დასრულებული და კარგად შეკრული წიგნი. პირველი ნახევარი განსაკუთრებით ცუდად იკითხებოდა (ან მიჩვევა გამიჭირდა) მაგრამ ბოლოში ამოქაჩა შედარებით.
Lord of Light-თან ვერ მოვა ახლოს ნამდვილად
როგორც ვიცი ზელაზნი საერთოდ არ აპირებდა ამის გამოქვეყნებას და ეტყობა რომ არაა ბოლომდე დასრულებული და კარგად შეკრული წიგნი. პირველი ნახევარი განსაკუთრებით ცუდად იკითხებოდა (ან მიჩვევა გამიჭირდა) მაგრამ ბოლოში ამოქაჩა შედარებით.
Lord of Light-თან ვერ მოვა ახლოს ნამდვილად
In a word: confusing. The book is written in scenes that don't really seem to connect, barring the characters themselves. Characters who are hard to care for with how often the books chops around them. It kind of takes away the enjoyment of the story. The scenes are mostly well written but there are a few which are hazy, through lack of care or on purpose I'm not sure.
I've read that Zelazny was never intending for this to be published so maybe that is the reason in the different in quality but certainly if I had read this book first, I wouldn't have read lord of light.
I've read that Zelazny was never intending for this to be published so maybe that is the reason in the different in quality but certainly if I had read this book first, I wouldn't have read lord of light.
This book combined elements of Zelazny at his best and at his worst. I probably won't reread it, but I don't regret having read it.
I really enjoyed this. I liked the way he played with different forms. At times I had some trouble following what was going on with all of the characters, but I wasn't trying very hard, and I definitely was able to follow the action. It is beautifully written, and I really enjoyed the ambiguity of setting? It was a very traditional sort of fable with elements of a very modern/futuristic setting thrown in, which I thought was pretty cool.
A jumble of acid-trip descriptions explaining an amalgam of Egyptian mythology and chrono-cosmic paradoxes, with a faint hint of an epic plot buried beneath.
If the above makes no sense to you, then I've perhaps done this book fair service.
I came for the concept of Temporal Fugue combat which takes up about three pages in the middle of the book, and is otherwise only alluded to in passing.
There are more than a few clever lines, and some sparkling scenes, especially the one where the entrails-discerning oracle critiques the reading his rival offers from his own fresh-spilled offal.
'Lord of Light' is much better, as are even the worst of the Amber books, but reading bad Zelazny will still stretch your brain.
If the above makes no sense to you, then I've perhaps done this book fair service.
I came for the concept of Temporal Fugue combat which takes up about three pages in the middle of the book, and is otherwise only alluded to in passing.
There are more than a few clever lines, and some sparkling scenes, especially the one where the entrails-discerning oracle critiques the reading his rival offers from his own fresh-spilled offal.
'Lord of Light' is much better, as are even the worst of the Amber books, but reading bad Zelazny will still stretch your brain.