Wright's The Golden Age

Nicholas Gevers03 Apr 2002, 08:47original as archived

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... --Nick Gevers.

Adam Stephanides28 Apr 2002, 15:42original as archived

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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