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Islands Out of Time: A Memoir of the Last Days of Atlantis: A Metafiction (edition 1985)

by William Irwin Thompson

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Title:Islands Out of Time: A Memoir of the Last Days of Atlantis: A Metafiction
Authors:William Irwin Thompson
Info:Dial Press (1985), Hardcover, 222 pages
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Islands Out of Time: A Memoir of the Last Days of Atlantis : A Novel by William Irwin Thompson

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This book attempts a great deal, but it falls far short of the author's lofty goals. As a reader who's always enjoyed reading about theories of Atlantis and also enjoys novels of all kinds--including both fictional memoir and fantasy--I thought this book would be right up my alley. Instead, I'm afraid I found the first half fairly boring--a sort of new age theory laden narrative that seemed to have little direction--and the second half somewhat more interesting, but not nearly enough. With flat characters, and little touchstone to reality that could make this more interesting in, at least, regard to theories of Atlantis, this book simply didn't have enough drive or narrative to justify the reading experience, let alone make it enjoyable.

Not something I'd recommend, I'm afraid. ( )
  whitewavedarling | Jun 22, 2014 |
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