An
enjoyable
read put together by the
clever author,
Gene Wolfe. This
story is presented in
three seperate sections, which only
flirt with
direct plot linkage, but are very well
tied together
conceptually.
As in many of his other
novels,
Gene pays so much attention to
detail;
stylistically,
descriptively and in
characterization, he
keeps his shit together. The
story seems to take on a
texture, with so many things to
focus on, all inter
linked and presented in a
mosaic form. This
richness that the book has
requires quite a bit of
user(reader) participation. It's
cool.
To set your
mind slightly
apart from the sometimes
gruelling detail, Mr.
Wolfe includes the most
fantastic, nearly
bordering on
sci-fi kitsch imagery. From
sub-
emotional
androids, to
binary planets, to
insects that
weave miles of
silk over the
ocean, reading the book for this
quality alone could be just as
satisfying.
Recommended brain candy.