Wright's The Golden Age

Adam Stephanides · 28 Apr 2002, 15:42 · from urth-v0204.mbox · original

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From: Adam Stephanides <adamsteph at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Wright's The Golden Age
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 10:42:37 -0500
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on 4/3/02 2:47 AM, Nicholas Gevers at vermoulian at yahoo.com wrote:

> Just to repeat an earlier recommendation, which I can
> now doubly back up: John C. Wright's THE GOLDEN AGE: A
> ROMANCE OF THE FAR FUTURE, just out from Tor, is a
> dazzling masterpiece in the Vance/Wolfe vein, with a
> lot of subtle touches AND a huge eloquence. First in a
> series, but that just guarantees further wonders...

I got around to reading this.  It's a good read, though hardly profound, but
didn't strike me as particularly Wolfean.  If I had to describe it in that
manner, I'd call it a cross between Vance, Iain M. Banks, and perhaps van
Vogt (perhaps, because I've read very little van Vogt, and that long ago).

--Adam


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