Damnation Alley

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Roger Zelazny: Damnation Alley (2021, ibooks, Incorporated)

English language

Published 2021 by ibooks, Incorporated.

ISBN:
978-1-59687-993-5
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3 stars (14 reviews)

Across a United States all but destroyed by war and characterized by violent storms and giant bats and snakes, men embark on a seemingly doomed mission to deliver an antiserum to plague-ridden Boston.

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The prototype of the cynical anti-hero of the 70s

4 stars

This is the prototype of the cynical anti-hero of the 70s: a bleak post-apocalyptic world, fast action sequences, and a strange metaphorical scenery. Written in 1968, this foreshadows Escape from New York, Mad Max and all those urban violence movies of the 70s and early 80s. As a story, it's a little drawn-out, but stylistically this is as good as it gets.

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  • Fiction, science fiction, general

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