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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 20:25:00 EDT
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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