Be careful, the other review gives a huge number of spoilers.
This book was written during Silverberg's middle period, when his writing was at it's peak, both in terms of prose technique and content with well drawn adult characters, insights, and interesting themes. If you enjoy middle period Silverberg (when he was flitting at the edge of the 'new wave') when he was writing books like "Tower Of Glass" & "Thorns" & "Born With The Dead" & "Shadrach In The Furnace" then you will enjoy this book.
I found the first ten pages of so fascinating, then the next 30 seemed a little like filler - typical near future SF stuff to place the book clearly into the genre - and from then on it's a page turner.
I don't think I'm giving too much away in saying this is a sciece fictional riff on Faust. And don't be put off by that description, which would not have enticed me, it is well done.
This book was written during Silverberg's middle period, when his writing was at it's peak, both in terms of prose technique and content with well drawn adult characters, insights, and interesting themes. If you enjoy middle period Silverberg (when he was flitting at the edge of the 'new wave') when he was writing books like "Tower Of Glass" & "Thorns" & "Born With The Dead" & "Shadrach In The Furnace" then you will enjoy this book.
I found the first ten pages of so fascinating, then the next 30 seemed a little like filler - typical near future SF stuff to place the book clearly into the genre - and from then on it's a page turner.
I don't think I'm giving too much away in saying this is a sciece fictional riff on Faust. And don't be put off by that description, which would not have enticed me, it is well done.
