| Re: Damnation Alley
The rebel on a motocycle was a very strong motif in America when this book was written - think Easy Rider, think Jack Kerouac, and his travels across America, who had such an influence on late 60s US counter-culture, and who died the year the book was published - I think perhaps the book may seem dated because we all have such a strong sense of time and place for this kind of character, bolstered by all those 60s road movies.
I've no idea if RZ was influenced by any of those things but the rebel, in numerous forms, is a recurring theme in much of his writing. |