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Just read it.

Revisado: 01-18-24

One of the best science fiction novels I've ever read, encompassing anthropology, psychology, sociology and the dangers of applying anthropocentric thinking to alien lives: we see early on that the humans are underestimating native intelligence, and that thread is followed past several inevitable train wrecks to a beautifully original conclusion.

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Powerful and accessible

Revisado: 12-28-23

Harkaway's gonzo sci-fi can be daunting; here he balances his P.K. Dick surreal lunacy with a storyline that follows a more straightforward track than most, blending deluberate Marvel, DC, and gaming influences with a legally invisible island perched on a caldera of impending ecological disaster, haven of Byzantine intrigues. What can save the day but a superhero? A reluctant post-colonial administrator and an imaginative, resourceful street kid create a plan that probably only Harkaway could craft into an honest story that would move me, at various times, to both laughter and tears.

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Odd pauses

Revisado: 12-22-23

The secret love child of Philip K. Dick, Tom Wolfe, and R.A. Lafferty, trained in spookthink by LeCarré and in close-quarters combat by some fine sensei, Hardaway produces another lunatic masterpiece of suspense-horror-romcom-doomsday-action.
Despite fine handling of all the characters, alas, Weyman's reading inserts extended pauses at points that often leave the listener thinking it's the end of a chapter. This leads to a lot of frustrating demi-suspense in dialogue. That said, I'm not sorry I listened, and I'll listen to it again.

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Challenging, intelligent, witty

Revisado: 11-27-23

This book covers a lot of ground. A well-paced, well- plotted intrigue that blends body-disposal comedy, comedy of mixed messages, gender rôle and homophobia satire, military intelligence ops gone askew, and space station operations, all with well-scripted and well-rounded characters. Gardner's reading of both narration and characters, as ever, is top-notch.

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Adequate reading of the best translation

Revisado: 11-19-23

This old favourite is a go-to 'listen' for me if I'm doing housework or other tasks not demanding complete attention. Although the reading is ...unexciting, still, the ancient rhythms, kennings, and alliteration are a delight to the ear.

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First-rate stuff!

Revisado: 11-08-23

This is probably the most intelligently constructed view of a culture in the clumsy process of discovering parallel universes that I've ever run across, and I'm a longtime fan of well-done parallel universe tales. Snappy dialogue, solid characters, internal consistency, and an impressive sense of plot and pacing elevate the Threshold books well above genre norms.

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Sour taste in my mouth

Revisado: 10-22-23

Witty, solid characterizations, story well developed and well thought out, great dialogue, and DEPRESSING AS HELL: must be real literature. It's a genuinely good book, but I won't be reading it again!

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Helps to know something of the languages

Revisado: 08-28-23

Brilliant, challenging book, with well-drawn and oddly credible characters in an incredible situation, this apocalyptic tale is almost one huge spoiler.

A pretty decent reading is spoiled buy hope days inability to pronounce some terms and names vital to the story, such as Shiva - which Vidal presumably spelled Siva, but is *not* pronounced Sivva; and terms in French, which Day renders like... someone who's boned up half-heartedly prepping for the rôle of a fluent speaker is the language.

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"Optional" headline

Revisado: 06-15-23

Magnificent corporate satire with chaos theory, fads, and sheep. (Nedless words added to appease algorithm.)

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Myth and history wedded merrily

Revisado: 05-06-23

A final blister of antisematism in the last chapter here mars an otherwise splendid work of both prose and verse - some of Kipling's finest.

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