A review by shawcrit
The Dream Master by Roger Zelazny

3.0

Although I quite enjoyed the first half, (in my humble opinion) the story would have benefited from either, a) being cut down to a short story or b) being further developed so as to better address the role of the female characters. As it stands, although there are a lot of interesting aspects, I was disappointed that the women were so underdeveloped and were treated (described and developed) like supporting characters despite having such essential roles. Particularly in the case of Jill, who is so one-dimensional, even more so that Render's annoying son. Zelazny suggests that Jill's interaction with Eileen somehow provokes the concluding events, but this relationship or Jill's influence is left unexplained. Also, so much of this novel is over-written; Zelazny needed a good editor to keep his pretentious name-dropping in check. I couldn't stop rolling my eyes.