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Loading... The Armageddon Rag (1983)by George R. R. Martin
None. Flabby. I figured out what what was going on pretty soon, and then waded through slow, wordy exposition to get there.  mulliner | Feb 9, 2012 |  This is a novel of a sixties refugee in the early eighties, when all the hopes of peace and love and change have been turned into Yuppiedom, real estate agents and ad executives. A journalist-turned-novelist, called in to investigate the death of a music promoter, journeys into his past and finds, in the attempted resurrection of a Doors-like rock band (the Nazgûl, with tons of Tolkien references), both a window into his own history and perhaps a dangerous door into another world. Very much of its time, and not just because people can only find information by making phone calls and driving across the country. It’s a cry of sadness that the sixties ended from someone who did very well thereafter; make of that what you will. (  ) rivkat | May 1, 2010 | A writer, that used to be an activist and a journalist for a music magazine in the sixties era is contacted by his old editor. A manager of several bands, including The Nazgul - the musicians of interest in this novel - has been murdered, and he'd like the story. This means a sixties versus eighties exploration, as his attitudes begin to change. Apparently someone wants to get the band back together for their own reasons. Given the title and a particular song that can finish a concert, the reasons aren't so nice. So a dark fantasy or horror murder mystery musical with a bit of blood sugar sex magic mayhem a distinct possibility. http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2008/09/armageddon-rag-george-r-r-martin.html (  ) bluetyson | Sep 11, 2008 | ...The Armageddon Rag is probably the most unusual novel Martin has written. If you look at his development as a writer up to the 1980s one can only wonder what might have happened if he had continued to write novels. The fragment of Black and White and Red All Over that Martin published as part of the collection Quartet: Four Tales from the Crossroads (2001), shows that he was well on his way to delivering another very good and very different novel. One of the good things about the enormous success of A Song of Ice and Fire is that much of Martin's older work is back in print again (in this case despite the nightmare of getting permission from the copyright holders of several dozen songs). Each of these novels is well worth the read but personally I consider The Armageddon Rag the strongest of the four. Read it and expect to want to play lots of very loud music when you're done. Full Random Comments review (  ) Valashain | Mar 3, 2008 | fascination | Dec 30, 2006 | no reviews | add a review
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