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zmull's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting novella about a man from 1984 who's transported to a future where the people recreate cities of the past five at a time.
jayrothermel's review
5.0
Gene Wolfe - Seven American Nights
An alien/visitor/stranger story about a wealthy Iranian tourist visiting a future North American that has suffered genetic disaster through overuse of agrcultural chemicals. The former U.S. is reduced to a primitive level of pre-combustion engine existence.
He is told: “This is a republic of hideousness, as you have no doubt already seen. Our national symbol is supposed to be an extinct eagle; it is in fact the nightmare.”
As readers, we should keep in mind the admonitory advice of critic Peter Wright: "....as the majority of critics and reviewers who have approached his oeuvre would admit, Gene Wolfe is a complex and wily writer, ambiguous, subtle and playful. His fiction is intricately wrought, densely allusive, and conceptually elusive; it encourages misreadings, demands thoughtful reflection, and is able to involve the reader in labyrinthine possibilities for
interpretation." [Attending Daedalus, 2003].
An alien/visitor/stranger story about a wealthy Iranian tourist visiting a future North American that has suffered genetic disaster through overuse of agrcultural chemicals. The former U.S. is reduced to a primitive level of pre-combustion engine existence.
He is told: “This is a republic of hideousness, as you have no doubt already seen. Our national symbol is supposed to be an extinct eagle; it is in fact the nightmare.”
As readers, we should keep in mind the admonitory advice of critic Peter Wright: "....as the majority of critics and reviewers who have approached his oeuvre would admit, Gene Wolfe is a complex and wily writer, ambiguous, subtle and playful. His fiction is intricately wrought, densely allusive, and conceptually elusive; it encourages misreadings, demands thoughtful reflection, and is able to involve the reader in labyrinthine possibilities for
interpretation." [Attending Daedalus, 2003].
mark5327's review
4.0
Only read the Silverberg, but really, really enjoyed. Very bawdy, very moving, and the world itself was quite imaginative.
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