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A Drop in Infinity
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Better than that, I said, is it to fail more gloriously in a briefer space of time. I will blow Aunt Wilhelmina's legacy and die.
Better than that, I said, is it to fail more gloriously in a briefer space of time. I will blow Aunt Wilhelmina's legacy and die.
- GenresScience Fiction
340 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1915
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November 20, 2024
Three-stars based on the writing, minus one-star for annoying me. Mostly its a sort of type plot with a bit of sci-fi twist (but not much of one). Also the author doesn't think the details of such a plot would be interesting and so skips most of them.
However he doesn't really have anything to replace them with so the plot just sort of meanders around. I liked the setup, we get going pretty quick. Then it gets boring, i think its mostly relying on the charm of the characters.. and they are charming.. too each other, not so much to me.
I thought it was getting more interesting with a sudden change but that actually made very little sense. The sci-fi elements?, i think its about parallel worlds, but it might be just timetravel, the fact i'm not sure is a major issue.
There are some exciting incidents, however i was mostly kept interested by trying to figure out if the whole thing or parts of it where just a dream. Honestly if it had gone all LOST at the end i wouldn't have been surprised. Lots of coincidences and deux ex machinas aswell.
Anyway, its memorable but mostly due to disappointment, confusion and annoyance.
Made available by the Merril Collection.
However he doesn't really have anything to replace them with so the plot just sort of meanders around. I liked the setup, we get going pretty quick. Then it gets boring, i think its mostly relying on the charm of the characters.. and they are charming.. too each other, not so much to me.
I thought it was getting more interesting with a sudden change but that actually made very little sense. The sci-fi elements?, i think its about parallel worlds, but it might be just timetravel, the fact i'm not sure is a major issue.
There are some exciting incidents, however i was mostly kept interested by trying to figure out if the whole thing or parts of it where just a dream. Honestly if it had gone all LOST at the end i wouldn't have been surprised. Lots of coincidences and deux ex machinas aswell.
Anyway, its memorable but mostly due to disappointment, confusion and annoyance.
Made available by the Merril Collection.
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