The Compleat Traveller in Black
by John Brunner
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Read in September, 2008
"As you wish. So be it." The traveller in black utters these words countless times on his journeys.
The traveller in black is the agent of the One Who, a man with many names but one nature, tasked with making order from chaos, primarily by granting people's wishes in a literal sense. He gives a god to a nation without one; he unites a girl with her lost love by making her join him as a slave.
The writing is denser than I thought it would be, reminding me of Gene Wolfe at times...more
The traveller in black is the agent of the One Who, a man with many names but one nature, tasked with making order from chaos, primarily by granting people's wishes in a literal sense. He gives a god to a nation without one; he unites a girl with her lost love by making her join him as a slave.
The writing is denser than I thought it would be, reminding me of Gene Wolfe at times...more
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This was a book that blew me away when I first read it as a young man.
It took sci-fi/fantasy somewhere I hadn't seen before. A real eye-opener, and exquisitely written.
About time I re-read it...
It took sci-fi/fantasy somewhere I hadn't seen before. A real eye-opener, and exquisitely written.
About time I re-read it...
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Wow, I haven’t read Traveler in Black since 1970 when I purchased the book. Boy, is it a product of the era of the pulp magazines. It’s four major chapters originally having been published as short stories or novellas. Of all the people, getting this update, I whole-heartedly recommend it.
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