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Review title: Disjointed, disappointing, timebound book
Product review: There is the kernel of a great idea here: that the discovery of a huge quantity of a new energy source would be a game-changer. That's true whether applied to our current world or to a galaxy-spanning empire. To what lengths would a person go in order to gain access to this energy? What would the powers-that-be do to maintain their monopoly on the current energy source? Start a war? Yes, the plot of Nova has strong echoes that resonate in a line straight from its 1968 creation right down to Iraq today. Unfortunately, the novel suffers from cardboard villains and unlikeable protagonists, not to mention weird digressions on the value of Tarot cards in predicting one's future. I'm afraid Delany toked one too many while writing this disjointed, disappointing, timebound book.
