Sunday, February 01, 2004

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Title: Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming
Author: Roger Zelazny & Robert Scheckley
ISBN: 0553354485
Format: Over Sized Paperback - 279 pages
Rating: Overall Concept - 8/10
Execution - 5/10

Title: If at Faust You Don't Succeed
Author: Roger Zelazny & Robert Scheckley
ISBN: 055337141X
Format: Over Sized Paperback - 322 pages
Rating: Overall Concept - 8/10
Execution - 5/10

Title: A Farce to be Reckoned With
Author: Roger Zelazny & Robert Scheckley
ISBN: 0553374427
Format: Over Sized Paperback - 292 pages
Rating: Overall Concept - 7/10
Execution - 5/10

For a series that I spent several years trying to find I must say I wasn't truly impressed.

I had seen this on the shelves at my local bookstore for a very long time, yet didn't have the cash to pick them up at the time. As is the case with mass market paperbacks, they left the shelves not to return once I got the money.

But through the fotuitous offerings of eBay, I was able to locate these books and hastily bought them.

Given the premise of the novels (Good vs. Evil having a Millenial contest to decide the moral leanings of the human race for the next thousand years) I was expecting some funny commentary on Good, Evil and human beings foibals regarding either. Something akin to the book Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Instead I was given a series akin to the writings of Piers Anthony. Not to disparage Piers Anthony's writtings, but more to the fact that he has very good ideas that he either beats to death (Xanth) or he poorly executes (Steppe).

I was glad to have read more materials by my favourite author (Roger Zelazny) but was rather disappointed that such a good idea was so poorly executed.