by Gene Wolfe
I'm not sure what to say. I really liked these stories, but they were a hard read, so intricate that I'm afraid I may have missed some important points. I may have to do a second read later.
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There is something very unsatisfying about The Fifth Head of Cerberus. As far as SF goes, it leans more towards the “speculative” than “science” end of the dual abbreviation. I’ve heard praise about the lack of infodumps prior to reading, and it’s mostly correct. The lack of details was not the pr...
I think this book is absolutely brilliant, but I don't think I care for Wolfe's writing, which makes this difficult for me to rate. If someone whose style I liked better had written it, I might have given it 5 stars, because I do think it's fantastic.I can't go too much into the plot, because I do...
Nice book.
A terrific set of three novellas that intertwine to create a magnificent sum. It's the kind of book that left me wanting to re-read it as soon as I had finished.
So, this used to be a rant about one of my friends losing my copy of this book and never replacing it. A little over six years later, I decided to get the fuck over it and buy myself another copy. Which was a good idea as if I hadn't, this wouldn't have happened:Maybe now I should try reviewing it? ...
Complex intricate puzzle box of three interlinked novellas set on a pair of planets in the same solar system. Characters from one novella show up in the other, nobody is telling the truth and there are lots of things the characters themselves don't know or don't understand. Wolfe definitely doesn'...
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