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A review by sciphi
Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny
2.0
A jumble of acid-trip descriptions explaining an amalgam of Egyptian mythology and chrono-cosmic paradoxes, with a faint hint of an epic plot buried beneath.
If the above makes no sense to you, then I've perhaps done this book fair service.
I came for the concept of Temporal Fugue combat which takes up about three pages in the middle of the book, and is otherwise only alluded to in passing.
There are more than a few clever lines, and some sparkling scenes, especially the one where the entrails-discerning oracle critiques the reading his rival offers from his own fresh-spilled offal.
'Lord of Light' is much better, as are even the worst of the Amber books, but reading bad Zelazny will still stretch your brain.
If the above makes no sense to you, then I've perhaps done this book fair service.
I came for the concept of Temporal Fugue combat which takes up about three pages in the middle of the book, and is otherwise only alluded to in passing.
There are more than a few clever lines, and some sparkling scenes, especially the one where the entrails-discerning oracle critiques the reading his rival offers from his own fresh-spilled offal.
'Lord of Light' is much better, as are even the worst of the Amber books, but reading bad Zelazny will still stretch your brain.