Almost
thirty years after Tor didn't send out review copies for some
mysterious reason, High Aztech
is still getting rave reviews.
So,
ticmotraspasarhuililis, cabrones!
This
latest one is in The Nameless Zine written by Hal
C F Astell. It's a good one, which for my purposes means there's
material I can quote in my never-ending battle to promote the book.
Just
check these gems out:
". . . I've never read
anything quite like 'High Aztech' before!"
". . .This is paranoid
gonzo cyberpunk, an amalgam of Hunter S. Thompson and Philip K. Dick,
but phrased from a completely different ethnic background, which has
led to Hogan being described as 'the father of Chicano science
fiction'."
". . . gets weird, and
Hogan is blissfully happy to make it as weird as he can."
"I adored this. It's
not the most polished book I've ever read and it breaks most of the
rules of fiction, but it's wild and weird and wonderful and I'm happy
with that. It's also fiercely original, doing things that I've never
seen done before between the pages of a book."
Besides, it's probably a
good time to read a wacko book about viruses deconstructing
civilization . . .
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