Isle of the Dead

One of Zelazny's mythic best, but it's frequently forgotten as it's overshadowed by Creatures of Light and Darkness, Lord of Light, and Amber. This one may be one of his sf best, and I believe it may have been influenced by Heinlein. It's a rather short work, and is definitely worth a read.......more

* Updated. Reread as part of lsle of the Dead/Cat's Eye double edition* 4.4 ⭐ A little more accessible perhaps than Zelazny's more mystical stuff (Lord of the Light) this novel still touches on some of his favorite themes: man as God; immortality (relatively speaking) through technology; religion as......more

I feel like I’ve heard a lot of people talk about how much they love Francis Sandow in Zelazny discussions online. As such, I was excited to dive into this book, and had very high expectations. To put things simply, it was great. But there was something about Isle that I felt kept it from being on th......more

Took me a half the book to get into this, was very hard to follow initally but wrapped up nicely at the end. It is definately half sci fi and fantasy mixed together. Nothing special really.......more

This is a New Wave mix of SF and fantasy from the late 60s. the book was nominated for Nebula in 1969 and therefore is a part of monthly reading for January 2021 at Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels group. This is a story of the oldest man alive, surviving from the 20th to 32nd Francis Sandow. Now he......more