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M. John Harrison: Light (2004, Bantam) 3 stars

[Comment from Jon Courtenay Grimwood][1]:

Light is the kind of novel other writers read and …

Review of 'Light' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Oneric, dark, original, imaginative and.. huh?.. I could describe this book, but what happened? I am not so sure. Apparently, a serial killer/quantam scientist is trailed through modern times by an alien god- like figure from the future, who misplaces his dice. There is a woman/spaceship, also a mass murder, who roams the galaxy of the future, snubbing some vague authority figures and reliving her memories of being human. There is a "tweek" guy, Ed Chainese, who is addicted to some sort of drug or virtual reality. He has lots of sex, runs from some cyberpunk witch sisters, then sticks his head into a fish tank on the suggestion of a mysterious circus director in order to be a prophet.
I am glad it is over. It would be a great book for the right reader, for me, I felt disconnected from the characters and a little too perplexed.