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The Narrator
by Michael Cisco
This is one of the more imaginative weird fantasy novels I’ve read, reminding me a little bit of Thomas Ligotti and a lot of Clive Barker (Imajica and Weaveworld specifically). One specific scene felt like it belonged in Heavy Metal, blood pouring out of gums and faces bloodily tearing away “like wet leaves.” There were some scenes that really stuck with me, dreamlike surreal depictions of landscapes and buildings, and the last two chapters were almost perfect story- and setting-wise. But the spelling mistakes and punctuation boners were on nearly every page. Lashlache, one of the languages the Narrator is fluent in (in which the Narrator is fluent), was spelled at least two different ways a few times in the book that I can remember. Maybe this is a lame complaint, but it made it feel like I was reading an unedited manuscript and not something that China Miéville called “Cisco at his startling best.”
Overall though, definitely a worthwhile read, and as my first Michael Cisco it’s got me pretty pumped to read something else by him.
Overall though, definitely a worthwhile read, and as my first Michael Cisco it’s got me pretty pumped to read something else by him.