back to article Experimental sci-fi novel Elysium is ALMOST irritating ...

Elysium is one of those slightly bewildering experimental-style books that manages to stay just this side of irritating, no mean feat when your story is a technological sci-fi tale of two characters that change gender and relationship every few pages. Adrian/Adrianne moves back and forth in time, from recognisable periods in …

  1. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
    Pint

    Blood Music reloaded?

    Hmm .... BRINGING CHALLENGING FEMINIST SCIENCE FICTION TO THE DEMANDING READER? Oh, okay then.

    But can I read this in the pub while everyone around me is going through the societally-demanded motions of ethanol-fuelled silliness required for the post-black-friday days?

  2. Peter2 Silver badge

    If your going to do reviews/publicity for books, how about supporting good ones like this:-

    http://www.amazon.com/Contractor-Contractors-Book-Andrew-Ball-ebook/dp/B00MQED6EA/

  3. Sampler

    Sounds like..

    Cloud Atlas - though I only ever saw the film (it was enough to put me off reading the book), I hope this one is more interesting

  4. Roadcrew
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    Sounds intriguing....

    ....think I might give that a try.

    Review was tantalising enough to get the curiosity going!

    The devil is (as ever) in the detail, of course. Hope it lives up to expectation.

  5. Sierpinski

    An experiment where someone did the same thing Piers Anthony did in his Apprentice Adept series back in the 1980s? Is the experiment to find out if anyone noticed?

  6. Benjol

    "Off to be the wizard" was a fun read...

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