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Old 21st November 2007, 10:02 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Re: Favourite Zelazny novels and short stories

I really liked the scope of Donnerjack, specifically the infiniteness of Virtú. It universalizes the realm of imagination with modern technology. There is a lot of dualism going on in the book, which is always fun.

I think it brings up good questions about the line between reality and fantasy in modern times which see an ever increasing use of machines and programs etc.

I'm not sure what percentage was written by RZ and what Linkskold's hand in it was, but the writing is really up there. (Think I remember this had a lot more RZ than Lord Demon, in fact this was a project RZ had been writing for a very long time). I especially like the opening line that introduces Death, 'In Deep Fields he dwelled...' and later 'And so Death walked, swinging his stick, beheading algorithms, pulping identities, cracking windows to other landscapes.'

And Tranto is hilarious.
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