Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpfcla!ajs From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP (ajs) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Orphaned Response Message-ID: <21500010@hpfcla.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 20:25:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpfcla.21500010 Posted: Mon Aug 5 20:25:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 20:58:40 EDT References: <3048@topaz.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO Lines: 13 Nf-ID: #R:topaz:3048:hpfcla:21500010:37777777600:535 Nf-From: hpfcla!ajs Aug 5 16:25:00 1985 Re: Dhalgren > I haven't met many sci-fi readers who don't hold this book > with anything less than awe. I hold it at arm's length, other hand pinching nostrils. I forced myself to read it all the way through, hoping for a punchline that would make it worthwhile. As a literary device it may have merit; as mental masturbation, perhaps some would find it stimulating. As entertainment it fails miserably: it's dark, gloomy, rambling, pointless. No new visions, no wondrous revelations. Don't waste your time. Alan Silverstein