Samuel R. Delany, Neil Gaiman: Einstein Intersection (2014, Wesleyan University Press)
English language
Published 2014 by Wesleyan University Press.
Wanderung zwischen den Zeiten
Der junge Lo Lobey ist ein Mutant. Er und andere seiner Art sind die neuen Erben der Erde. Sie haben eine Welt übernommen und bevölkert, die von den Menschen längst verlassen ist. Doch sie verfolgen Ziele, die auch den früheren Bewohnern der Erde erstrebenswert erschienen.
Lo Lobey, einem neuen Orpheus gleich, der Eurydike sucht, verläßt sein stilles Dorf, durchquert gefährliche Dschungel und Wüsten, erlebt den Irrsinn einer Superstadt und begegnet den lebenden Toten.
There are some writers whose style prevents me from immersion in the story, Samuel R. Delany is just such an author. Clearly he's a man with a great imagination, but his prose style is confounding to me. Just his dialogue scenes are enough to shut down my imagination. Three characters will be chatting, and none of their lines will have any attribution. That's great every once in a while, but that is this author's M.O. See also Babel-17.
I originally read the paperback in my late teens. I don't even remember if I bought it or recieved it as a gift. All I remember is the first section with mutants and buried ancient human tech.
There is now an audible plus catalogue version with an introduction by Neal Gaiman that helped allot with understanding what Delany was going, nad being 47 with betting English and much more knowledge I was able to get much more out of The Einstein Intersection.
However I was still confused at the end.
I'm less confused after listening to Luke Burrages review of the Novel on the Science Book Review Podcast, Episode SFBRP#476.
Delany's prose scintillates and mesmerizes.
