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Tales of Neveryon (Epic Neveryon) (Paperback)

by Samuel R. Delany (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Voyager (17 Nov 1988)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0586202706
  • ISBN-13: 978-0586202708
  • Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 11.1 x 2.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 261,041 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The first book of a four-part science fiction fantasy series depicting an empire beyond the borders of history where human destinies entwine in a strange design. It is an intricate web of adventure, intrigue and desire and a literary puzzle where meaning, parable and paradox collide.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written - but not compelling, 28 Oct 2008
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A collection of interrelated stories set in a mythical empire beyond time. Gorgik, a slave becomes a leader of armies; Small Sarg, a barbarian prince becomes a slave to set others free; swordmistress Raven lives in a land where the women rule; and Norema, daughter of fisherwoman attains freedom.

These are fascinating stories, very well written, in fact beautifully written. The various characters weave in and out of the different stories. Gorgik and Small Sarg are particularly interesting, as their relationship develops from Master and Slave, through physical intimacy to a voluntary master/slave relationship necessary for the intimacy to function.

However while very pleasurable to read, I found it difficult to engage with the characters, the narrative seemed to put them at a distance, leading me not to care too much about their destinies; and for me that is an essential part of the reading experience. So this is really a book which I can happily pick up and read a few pages, but not one which compels me to keep reading.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Sword and Sorcery for brainiacs, 17 May 2009
This review is from: Tales of Neveryon (Return to Neveryon) (Paperback)
This is the sort of book that will be loved by many but put down very quickly by others. I carried on to the end and I'm glad I did, but I didn't get as much out of it as I'd hoped. Whether that was down to the author's inability to get his ideas over to me or my inability to understand them, I don't know. I suspect the latter.

This book is most definitely not standard fantasy fare and nor is it a literary story using the conventions of a genre to explore ideas in the style of Wolfe's Book of the New Earth. It is a collection of ideas and ruminations that are explored using the framework of various short stories set in a common fantasy world. That world is both far removed from our own and close to it and so the ideas are meant to inform us about the human condition.

I have no problem with that and if presented as a work of non-fiction it would work better, to my mind. But instead it's presented as fiction and as such it didn't engage my interest because it didn't contain any of the things I like to read in a story. The characters, for all the deep introspection, never come alive or make me care about them, and the situations they find themselves in never develop as they might do in a more conventional story.

In the end this is therefore deeply uninvolving fiction, but with plenty of intriguing ideas presented when the text isn't bothering with the dialogue, exposition, plot and all the other usual elements of fiction. So, try this book only if you know what you're letting yourself in for.
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