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Junction
“I won’t be a figment of your dream,” Ned said aloud, staring ahead, looking to see if there was an end to this dream that contained him. And he remembered what Ahasuerus had said: “. . . You found little happiness in that world which was built on the dreams of the dead. It was a tiny cosmos of old thoughts. But even then you were dreaming of Hell . . .”
When Ned Wheeler sets out on a journey from the overly pious yet ribald community that is Junction—situated on the outskirts of Hell—he has a nagging doubt that all is not right with the world. The appearance of ‘a winged and many-eyed bird beast’ had been seen by the god-fearing townsfolk as a portent of ‘the end of days’ and their fears and suspicions, directed toward Ned, persuade him to follow the beast into Hell itself. Little can he imagine the consequences of his actions, let alone comprehend the ensuing events . . . events that will cause him to question the very fabric of his existence and the reality of the world around him.
When Ned Wheeler sets out on a journey from the overly pious yet ribald community that is Junction—situated on the outskirts of Hell—he has a nagging doubt that all is not right with the world. The appearance of ‘a winged and many-eyed bird beast’ had been seen by the god-fearing townsfolk as a portent of ‘the end of days’ and their fears and suspicions, directed toward Ned, persuade him to follow the beast into Hell itself. Little can he imagine the consequences of his actions, let alone comprehend the ensuing events . . . events that will cause him to question the very fabric of his existence and the reality of the world around him.
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First published January 1, 1981
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November 13, 2021
A very strange book. I would not normally have given this a five star rating, but it deseserves a better rating than it's got now. The story is about a young guy who lives in a small village at the edge of a place refered to as 'hell'. Something catastrophic has happened to the world and civilisation has dwindled and devolved.
It starts out fairly coherent but turns into something confusing and weird. The ending was a bit of a let down, but otherwise a good read, though I did struggle to finish it. Would recommended it to anyone interested in reading something unusual.
It starts out fairly coherent but turns into something confusing and weird. The ending was a bit of a let down, but otherwise a good read, though I did struggle to finish it. Would recommended it to anyone interested in reading something unusual.
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