A review by markhodderauthor
Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny

3.0

This novel sat on my shelves throughout my teens and early twenties and never got read. I'm happy I've finally got around to it, as I've come to much admire Zelazny. Also, this tale was the inspiration for one of my favourite Hawkwind songs, so I was vaguely embarrassed by my unfamiliarity with the source material. However, as it turns out, it feels like it could have been written by someone else. It’s good, but lacks much of what makes Zelazny special, and my interest wasn’t properly hooked until past the halfway mark. I liked the protagonist and I liked the deadly, contaminated environment, but the story itself is a slight one that, I'm afraid, has to be counted among his lesser works.