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Loading... Doorways In The Sandby Roger Zelazny
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. One of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors. It's an action packed mystery SF. Our hero, Fred, is as average as any Zelazny character - that is to say while he has no extraordinary powers, his sanity, habits & life philosophy aren't strictly normal. He's tossed from his pedestrian existence into an extraordinary, multi-planet robbery & rides the situation into the sunset, kind of. The story itself is very interesting, but the style is wild. Almost every chapter (maybe all) start in the middle, look back to the beginning & then conclude on a cliff hanger. We then start the next chapter without the cliff hanger being resolved - it must be, but we don't know how. We get caught up in the new situation, only to be brought back to resolving the original situation & then work ourselves back into the next cliff hanger & start it all over again. It's very effective for keeping the suspense up & not as confusing as you might think to read. The story isn't that complex, so it is easily followed. It's just a really fun ride. Told in a standard fashion, the story would be above average, but not one of his better works. Told this way, it adds so much more character & dimension that it's a charm. (  ) jimmaclachlan | Sep 25, 2009 |  One of Zelazny's best. (  ) miss.folio | Mar 12, 2009 | A "long-term" student gets himself involved with a lost alien artefact, goons searching it, alien investigators masquaring as animals. A bit jumpy, ending a bit too swift. (  ) tpi | Jun 25, 2008 | The protagonist is a perpetual student, basically trying to take as many courses, and learn as many things as he can, without being forced to graduate, or get kicked out of uni. This includes basket weaving, and advanced basket weaving. An alien artifact discovery later, and he is on the run, having adventures, not kicking back in the library or cafeteria. http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2006/11/doorways-in-sand-roger-zelazny.html (  ) bluetyson | Jan 17, 2008 | The protagonist is a perpetual student, basically trying to take as many courses, and learn as many things as he can, without being forced to graduate, or get kicked out of uni. This includes basket weaving, and advanced basket weaving. An alien artifact discovery later, and he is on the run, having adventures, not kicking back in the library or cafeteria. http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2006/11/doorways-in-sand-roger-zelazny.html ( ) bluetyson | Jan 17, 2008 | 
 The too-clever story shaping aside, there’s a lot here to like.
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