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eisley_c00per's review
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
xterminal's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
peapod_boston's review against another edition
3.0
Classic Leiber novel. An interesting idea with dated execution. Worth reading if you're a Lieber completist or skimming if you're not. I suspect it would have made a much stronger short story (carving it down to around 10,000 words).
giovannigf's review
3.0
Leiber's novel, originally published in 1950, holds too many similarities with Christopher Priest's "The Glamour" from 1984 to be a coincidence. Priest is by far the better writer stylistically, but there is something very satisfying about Leiber's pulpy urgency, and his ending, though not great, is better than Priest's po-mo cop-out.
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