Stand in the bedroom … Near them, novels by Pohl,Īnd others of a Golden Age, whose frowns,Īnd uncracked spines, and sneers of cold controlīeckon toward the fan. Who said - “Two vast and towering stacks of books
~ Comment by Camestros Felapton on File 770 That floats on high o’er vales and hills, MenckenĪ fragmented excerpt from The Filer and the Astronaut by Louise Carol: "I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey." ~H.L. I'll donate this book to the library, or something. Why did I waste my time reading it then, especially when I didn't care for it? And when the character I liked best never existed? "Such life as you'd have lived, if you'd chosen Olorum."Įxcuse me? You mean three-fourths of this book is nothing but an alternate timeline dream? Good God. The last such event takes place when Aqib is 89 years old, and seems to fade into his death.īut where were they now? The anguish and desperation he'd felt earlier this same morning, when he'd begged the Sybil: "Did I choose right? Or should I have stayed in Olorum?" No regrets, now! He wanted no life but the one he'd lived! From past to future, back and forth between Aqib's and Lucrio's initial affair and events later on in Aqib's life. I couldn't figure out why this book jumps around so much. However, this brings me to the third and biggest problem.
But Lucrio made no great impression on me either the best character in the book is Aqib's daughter Lucretia. Aqib is a vain, arrogant little peacock who grated on me to no end, and frankly, his lover Lucrio could have done a lot better. Next problem: I did not like the main character. It's a clumsy, jammed-in retrofit, and it doesn't fit with the rest of the story at all. uploaded minds, it sounds like), holograms, hints of a terraformed planet, and highly technological dialogue. Second, this starts out as a fairly generic fantasy, but about halfway through there is a sudden introduction of "gods," complete with psionics, Discorporate Intelligences (i.e. I haven't read any of the author's other work, so I don't know if this is his general style or an affliction of this story, but either way it didn't set well. Unfortunately, the truism that "tastes differ" was confirmed once again, as I did not like this.įor one thing, the writing was far too frothy and artsy-fartsy to suit me. Their reviews were good, so I thought I'd give this unknown-to-me author a chance. I bought this book on the recommendation of several people I know online, whose tastes generally seem to mirror mine.
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