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A review by williemeikle
Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny
4.0
I've been a Zelazny fan for more than 45 years now, and Damnation Alley was one of the first ones I read, back in around 1970. This was my first revisit to it for about 25 years, and I wish I'd done it sooner, for it's far, far, more than just a post apocalyptic tale of a biker's attempt to drive an armored truck across America.
There's moments of revelation for Hell, our anti-hero, there's poetic, majestic, sweeps in the grand Zelazny style, there's the Zelazny trademark musings on the dichotomy of the dark and the light, and on top of all that, there's action aplenty, all packed tight into a small neat package that starts fast and never slows.
I love it all over again. And yes, I'm pretty sure Hell was a prototype for Snake Plissen, in style, attitude and swagger.
One of the great post apocalyptic novels, and highly recommended.
There's moments of revelation for Hell, our anti-hero, there's poetic, majestic, sweeps in the grand Zelazny style, there's the Zelazny trademark musings on the dichotomy of the dark and the light, and on top of all that, there's action aplenty, all packed tight into a small neat package that starts fast and never slows.
I love it all over again. And yes, I'm pretty sure Hell was a prototype for Snake Plissen, in style, attitude and swagger.
One of the great post apocalyptic novels, and highly recommended.