June 2, 2008 11:25 am
Book Review for NULL-A CONTINUUM from Ischi, the Van Vogt website
There are two reviews here, one reluctantly negative, the other dismissively negative.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~icshi/Reviews.html
The consensus seems to be that I out-Vogted van Vogt, or tried and failed; that the book is too ambitious, too confusing, too long, too talky.
I am sad to say that they may have a point about the talkiness: Van Vogt never had long dialog, as I have in my book. I am happy, however, that both reviewers seemed to like the ending, despite the book’s perceived flaws.
But these are hard-core Van Vogt fans speaking up, here. If they don’t like the book, the future does not look bright. These were the readers I was writing to please.
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
