Wizard

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For unknown reasons not available on Kindle -- like a great deal of fine American science fiction -- so I had to find space on a shelf for the book when it came to getting hold of a replacement copy (mine got ruined in a leak). In fact this trilogy of novels is becoming difficult to get hold of in the new format, which is a shame, because it showcases a writer at the height of his abilities.A lot of Varley's ideas were seen at the time as "revolutionary hedonism" and because SF of the 70s, and perhaps into the early 80s, tended to embrace anything remotely new or alternative, he got away with a lot of stuff that today might be seen as un-pc, or even a little disgusting and outrageous, especially concerning the "recreational reproductive" habits of youthful humans. How times change! Of course what's important is the writing itself, which is smooth and flowing and on the verge of humour but not quite breaking into comedy.The concept of "Titan", used for all three volumes of the trilogy, was somewhat psychedelic in its time, and the only downside is that Varley gets incredibly self-indulgent on occasion, going into needlessly extensive dialogues and descriptions. That puts him nicely among his peers of today (the twenty first century), so in that respect he was ahead of the competition when this was written, 1980.

This product was shipped and delivered as expected.This is the second book of the Titan trilogy. The story and characters are created very believably.I did want to comment that I don't understand the reason for the soft-porn? It seems that SciFi of the earlier generations leaned toward being a front for a stag magazine, and sexual fantasy world of the author. This detracts very much from the story and cheapens an otherwise great science fiction tale and concept. Of the three Titan novels, "Wizard" was especially laced with this distracting soft porn. Really, if you are going to write a porn book just go all out. These lesbian scenarios only show the sexual ignorance of the author(s). No matter what their sexual orientations are, People and their relationships are not defined by their sexual acrobats and conquests.Otherwise, John Varley's world of Gaea is a wonderful concept and its inhabitants are very well defined. The creatures stir my imagination which is what good SciFi is all about. His imagination is like "Alice in Wonderland" plus the best in science fact and fiction rolled in one. Bravo!

I find this series by John Varley to be one of the most entertaining set of sci fi ever written.He takes you to a world and introduces you to characters and you really feel as if you are there with them in this "world that is a God". Another reviewer mentioned how racy the book is at times,but it wasn't written for the kiddies and i find those sexy moments in the books very entertaining and have no problem with them at all,sexuality is just part of being human and he is definately using that to help the reader relate better to the characters in the book. From Titan to Wizard to Demon a extremely exciting adventure awaits the reader!Another thought-i wonder if movie makers ever considered making a movie out of these books-i imagine probably but there is the whole problem of buying the rights to do that and besides a lot of books like this don't translate well to the big screen(case in point Stephen King's stuff).It's just with all this CGI and everything now it might be easier to make it more believable and true to the books -Sigourney Weaver as a older "Rocky"-not sure who i would like as the younger one.

small print but a great story follow up to Titan same great charectors but a little more complicated and harder going..Love this writer