Lee Kirby’s Reviews > The Roger Zelazny Collection. Illustrated: A Rose for Ecclesiastes, A Thing of Terrible Beauty, The Stainless Steel Leech, Mr. Fuller's Revolt, Horseman! > Status Update

Mr. Fuller's Revolt - 4/5, but if I had read this when it was published, probably 5/5. A little trite at this point and kinda chick tract-y (not to mention protestant as hell) but compelling nontheless

A Thing of Terrible Beauty - this is the kind of short story I really struggle to judge. There's nothing bad about it; it's well constructed and there's an interesting connection between the host and the being, but I don't particularly care, either. Ugh. Whatever!

A Rose for Ecclesiastes - 2/5. Boo! Not poorly written, but utterly unengaging, and does nothing interesting. Here is the story of a brilliant man who sucks and is good at everything, for whom the narrative ultimately plays out well. I think he should be boiled in oil.

"And I came to the land where the sun is a tarnished penny, where the wind is a whip, where two moons play at hotrod games, and a hell of sand gives you the incendiary itches whenever you look at it."

Horseman! - delicious piece of short fiction! Great sting at the end :) 5/5