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A review by futuriana
Triton by Samuel R. Delany
2.0
Originally published under this title, but later (and currently) as Trouble on Triton.
This is the only Delany novel I've read, previously I was only familiar with his wonderful short fiction. It doesn't really measure up, imo, although there are certainly some interesting ideas in it.
The social aspects are pretty cool, and I should probably pick up The Left Hand of Darkness to compare and contrast. But all the same, the novel suffers from an unlikeable and rather passive protagonist. That's at the point of course, but knowing that doesn't help me as the reader much.
As for the ending, it is simultaneously satisfying in that it doesn't go for easy solutions, and disappointing in that I don't know that I care at the end. If the point is that not even Utopia can make some people happy... well, that doesn't seem like much of a revelation.
This is the only Delany novel I've read, previously I was only familiar with his wonderful short fiction. It doesn't really measure up, imo, although there are certainly some interesting ideas in it.
The social aspects are pretty cool, and I should probably pick up The Left Hand of Darkness to compare and contrast. But all the same, the novel suffers from an unlikeable and rather passive protagonist. That's at the point of course, but knowing that doesn't help me as the reader much.
As for the ending, it is simultaneously satisfying in that it doesn't go for easy solutions, and disappointing in that I don't know that I care at the end. If the point is that not even Utopia can make some people happy... well, that doesn't seem like much of a revelation.