Bridge of Ashes

This was a fun book to read, but it's not among Zelazny's best science fiction. The ending seems hurried and cuts off abruptly, which doesn't go well with the layered set-up of ancient alien conspiracies and eco-terrorism and the young man who's such a powerful telepath that he has to move to the Mo......more

A slightly challenging but ultimately beautiful short novel by my favorite writer, Zelazny, about psychics, shadowy alien conspiracies, ecoterrorism, and the apocalypse. This novel is from 1976, when Zelazny seemed to be very interested in aliens interfering secretly in human affairs -- about the sa......more

An alien race has engineered humanity to be genetically predisposed to destroy the planet through pollution and ultimately destroy ourselves so that it can be occupied by those same aliens. An interesting premise, but couldn't an advanced civilization come up with a quicker means to make the environm......more

Another blend of fantasy & SF. A futuristic world where space travel & psi talent are both commonplace. When a boy is born with a gift of telepathy that is so powerful that it becomes a curse - even moving him to the moon isn't the answer. He taps into too many minds, including one that is extremely......more

The middle section of this book is actually pretty interesting. The main character is a teenage boy who is, far and away, the world's most powerful telepath; but traumatic exposure to adult minds from a young age has made him entirely non-functional. He has essentially no thoughts or personality of......more