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dustydigger
Posted 2015-12-07 4:27 AM (#12090 - in reply to #9182)
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Location: UK		Thoroughly enjoyed my reread of Roger Zelazny's Jack of Shadows.. Jack,magician extraordinaire who can drain magical power from any shadow,is executed by enemies. When he is resurrected ( frequent occurence in his magical world) his burning mission is to get revenge on his enemies,including the woman he had loved,but is now the lover of his chief enemy. Jack is a thief,immoral,ruthless, crue,l selfish and vengeful,but the early chapters about his sufferings to return to the world cleverly make us root for this anti-hero,and we watch as he ruthlessly takes his revenge. He also goes on a mission to the depths of the earth where a huge magical machine has halted the planet's rotation,creating two worlds,one on the lightside where science rules,and life is pretty much like our world,and the dark side,where Jack and a myriad of creatures,vampires and dragons included, live in a dark world suffused in magic. All this in 180 pages. Fantastic story,intriguing world setting,and the stunning anti-hero Jack make this a great read. Highly recommended for those who like fantasy blended in with their SF.
Still attempting to read Silverberg's A Time of Changes but its slow going. Five sessions so far to read 50 pages.Much more enjoyable is Clifford D Simak's A Choice of Gods I read 50 pages straight off the belt when I started it last night! I had never read any Simak,(not one of his books in the library),but this year I got Way Station through the Open Library and loved it. I hope to read much more of him in the future :0)

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