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Creativity starves insanity
As soon as I finished the first three chapters I thought, "Gee, what a rip off." But I was determined not to have another Gibson experience before returning the book to the library.
The prose was extremely verbose and like that of a wallpaper inspection. Much like the way I manage. It is hard to stand styles which remind you of your own. Especially since mine is nothing near a set style. Or my own.
Amos Walker, saved from being sardined by Van Sturtevant—and later ends up crippled, goes hunting down a mystery on who put his savior in a wheelchair. The book meandered and it wasn't until the afterword that my suspiscions were justified, the guy wrote this thing line by line, without having any clear idea what would happen a few pages from each. If I said I could spot the ending from chapters away I'd be lying. Though the ending did seem a little too convenient.
The best part of the entire novel was the level of excess at which he would delve into merging the metaphoric and banal. Reminiscent.
Soon Van - Saturday, 18 August 2001 - 05:07
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