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trike's review
5.0
I read this when it first came out, initially attracted by the gorgeously intriguing cover. I mean, just look at that thing. Sampling a few pages inside convinced me to buy, and I was not sorry.
Generally speaking, I can pigeonhole any work within a specific genre (that was going to be my doctoral thesis in college, before I dropped out. Twice.) but this book brilliantly rejects any attempt to do so. Is it Science Fiction of Fantasy? I find it impossible to say, because MacDonald presents evidence and speculation for both genres equally. I would've been happy either way because it's a cracking good story with interesting characters and badass action scenes, but the inability to genre-type it makes it all the better.
Generally speaking, I can pigeonhole any work within a specific genre (that was going to be my doctoral thesis in college, before I dropped out. Twice.) but this book brilliantly rejects any attempt to do so. Is it Science Fiction of Fantasy? I find it impossible to say, because MacDonald presents evidence and speculation for both genres equally. I would've been happy either way because it's a cracking good story with interesting characters and badass action scenes, but the inability to genre-type it makes it all the better.
janetlun's review
Lots of action and mayhem. The ecclesiastical bent to noir is amusing, but I don't think you can actually drink that much alcohol and still shoot straight.
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