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Review title: Not a bad read, but not good Silverberg
Product review: I read it straight through anticipating a boffo ending. But I was very disappointed. Characters seem to be pretty standard sci-fi stock types. Like others have mentioned here, I think it is pretty lazy to take two really terrific short stories ("Against Babylon" and "The Pardoner's Tale") and recycle them into a novel. The added text diluted the stories' impact and added nothing. Not bad if you're looking for a beach read, but I expected so much more from Robert Silverberg. I think I'll go reread "Lord Valentine's Castle."
