- Paperback: 152 pages
- Publisher: IndyPublish.com (February 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1435393953
- ISBN-13: 978-1435393950
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 231 g
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Classic Late '50s SF., April 8 2012
By Dubhain "Yes, but you're taking the universe ... - Published on Amazon.com
Published in 1959, Pagan Passions is light, humorous, SF from a time when the boundaries between the SF and Fantasy genres weren't so rigidly drawn by publishers. If you're looking for pretentious SF which takes itself VERY seriously, look elsewhere. If you're looking for a fun, humorous read? This book might be for you.It was published by Beacon as Adult SF, which means there's a hint of sex, but back then respectable books (especially genre fiction) left the explicit details to the imagination. So one has Dystopian, Urban SF set in approximately the 1990s as viewed from 1959. Understand, we're talking neither Tolkien or Gibson here. The content is more like some of Heinlein's work from the same period. As with much work from that period, it has word plays and in jokes that younger readers might miss. Nonetheless it's a fun, light read; something which has disappeared, more or less, as modern publishers increasingly restrict their output to multi-volume epics and heavily formulaic knock-offs.
Add to that the fact that the price is currently free, and what have you to lose?
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Don't Bother Preparing to be Wow'ed, Aug 22 2009
By A. R. Gregor - Published on Amazon.com
First, I have NO idea why there are so many versions of this for Kindle and why they all have different prices. I made sure that the version I'm reviewing is the one I purchased.This was a book that I was much looking forward to reading. It was actually a title that swayed my decision to get a Kindle2. It was free when I first saw it on the search page, but had a price by the time I got back around to it. I don't need my money back, but it barely eeked through giving me $1.99 of enjoyment. Many of the characters were caricatures. Because of the nature of the story, with Gods being real and taking back the world, I kind of got the sense that the authors intended it that way. But it made it impossible for me to invest in the characters. There was a fair amount of fade-to-black sexual content. It was 1940s style, so more read as hokey.
Overall, a leisurely, enjoyable read that I will forget I ever even heard of within a year.
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