A review by corymojojojo
Demon by John Varley
5.0
Varley finished the Gaea trilogy strong with the final book and has cemented himself as one of my absolute favorite authors so far. Demon was my favorite of the three books which improved with each entry. This was just plain fun and was an excellent climax to what’s been building up over the previous books. I love Varley’s diverse representation in this series and his female characters especially are well written and likable. Varley was in the midst of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury summer of love in the ‘70s and I think that comes through a lot with his heavy themes of sexuality, and while often it can get pretty weird, overall I think he’s better at writing sex scenes than most sci-fi authors.
It can also be incredibly satisfying to have a main character who’s extremely competent and just succeeds in all her plans that have been building up throughout the series, especially when we’ve seen how much she’s struggled previously. I loved the main character Cirocco and how she is just so damn good at what she does. This book is crazy fun and filled with film references that escalate things in absolutely wacky ways (like a 50 foot Marylin Monroe fighting King Kong) and I LOVED IT.
It can also be incredibly satisfying to have a main character who’s extremely competent and just succeeds in all her plans that have been building up throughout the series, especially when we’ve seen how much she’s struggled previously. I loved the main character Cirocco and how she is just so damn good at what she does. This book is crazy fun and filled with film references that escalate things in absolutely wacky ways (like a 50 foot Marylin Monroe fighting King Kong) and I LOVED IT.