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Palimpsests
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
September 1st 1984
by Ace
(first published August 1984)
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I came to read this book because it is one of the New Ace Science Fiction Specials series. During the 1980s, Ace re-launched this series under the editorial control of Terry Carr, who selected first novels by new science fiction writers for their literary quality. Needless to say, the series did not last long, but it did manage to help launch the careers of Kim Stanley Robinson, Lucius Shepherd, William Gibson, Jack McDevitt, and others.
So, my expectations were high, even for one of the writers ...more
So, my expectations were high, even for one of the writers ...more
Palimpsests was very underrated when it came out, especially considering it was a debut novel (though Scholz had already established a reputation as a short storyist). It's a classic tale of researchers who discover an artifact that threatens to unlock the nature of the universe, and it's both thought-provoking and humorous. I think it's one that science fiction fans could pick up today and enjoy without realizing that it never earned out its advance in 1984.
Palimpsests is a crazy trip of a read.
First of all, this was an underrated book when it came out, so is not well known today. If you are reading this review, that is impressive in and of itself. I will start this review by saying that this book is not for everyone. The reasons that I loved it are the exact same reasons that others will hate it.
This book is older than I am. My dad handed it to me off his sci-fi shelf because he thought I would like it, but it is hard to classify this book as sci- ...more
First of all, this was an underrated book when it came out, so is not well known today. If you are reading this review, that is impressive in and of itself. I will start this review by saying that this book is not for everyone. The reasons that I loved it are the exact same reasons that others will hate it.
This book is older than I am. My dad handed it to me off his sci-fi shelf because he thought I would like it, but it is hard to classify this book as sci- ...more
Dec 29, 2015
PSXtreme
marked it as to-read
had to stop reading this 1/4 of the way thru...just wasn't in the correct set of mind and really got tired of the foreign language dialog w/o translation.
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