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Shadrach in the Furnace (Frontiers of Imagination)
In the twenty-first century, a battered world is ruled by a crafty old tyrant, Genghis II Mao IV Khan. The Khan is ninety-three years old, his life systems sustained by the skill of Mordecai Shadrach, a brilliant young surgeon whose chief function is to replace the Khanin a society pushed to extremes.
Paperback, 264 pages
Published
November 1st 2008
by UNP - Bison Books
(first published 1976)
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On the bus to work this morning I finished Shadrach in the Furnace (1976) by Robert Silverberg. I’m not a Silverberg fan-boy, some of his books I like and some I don’t; but this is definitely one of the former. After Shadrach in the Furnace Silverberg announced he was retiring from writing. The retirement was short lived however; in 1980, Lord Valentine’s Castle was published, and his career took off again. For anyone keeping track, Lord Valentine’s Castle was not a book I enjoyed (I’m not even ...more
This is a classic book but a classic author. The choice of 4 and not 5 stars was only for what I'm sure is a matter of personal taste.
Without giving too much away, I simply did not enjoy the "fake" journal entries, which were all imagined. I do understand that one could grasp for the deeper meaning in them, or even suggest that though presented as imaginary, they were intended to be treater as true insights into the mind of the Kahn.
But I couldn't go there. ...more
Without giving too much away, I simply did not enjoy the "fake" journal entries, which were all imagined. I do understand that one could grasp for the deeper meaning in them, or even suggest that though presented as imaginary, they were intended to be treater as true insights into the mind of the Kahn.
But I couldn't go there. ...more
Well what with a new and improved China using WalMart as a bridgehead to conquer the US, the premise of Shadrach in the Furnace taint so farfetched. In a occupied US an African American doctor has become the personal physician to a combined Jengis Khan-Emperor-Mao and all the fun that entails. How the doctor keeps from being reduced to ashes makes a fun read.
Not one of Silverberg's best. But not bad.
It just takes a long time to get going.
It just takes a long time to get going.
Erik Graff
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Recommends it for:
Silverberg fans
Recommended to Erik by:
no one
Shelves:
sf
The reference to the Book of Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar made the purchase of this title irresistable. Like the biblical story and like much of Silverberg's writing, the tale has a moral core comparable to the biblical legend of the three youths who maintain their purity amidst corruption.
Interesante historia con una muy buena línea de argumentación que mantiene en vilo hasta el final. Otra obra maestra de Robert Silverberg que merece la pena leer.
For me this wasn't even close to Silverberg's best writing. If I had started with this one I may never have gone on to discover how good he can really be.
As always with Silverberg's novels, there are some fascinating ideas in here which are well explored.
Anne Francia Chavez
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