M. John Harrison

Author is definitely very smart, very interesting weird concepts. It makes sense that the somewhat distant future (& outer space) would be so strange that it would be hard for us to understand it. But it made this hard to read. He just drops you right in with the jargon w/o explaining it so you have to figure it out yourself by context which took about half the book. Brunner is like that too, but this was even more difficult. Didn't finish it feeling satisfied w/plot. But willing to re-read

A thoroughly entertaining read and I could see it being a great Cohen Brothers or Wes Anderson movie, but after the heady heights and lyrical experimentation of A Storm of Wings, this felt like a bit of disappointing a crash to earth.

One of the most singularly strange and beautifully written books I've ever read. Somewhere between a fever dream and poetry, while remaining immensely readable science fantasy.

I genuinely wish the other Viriconium books were written in the same manner.

Truly spectacular and strange science fantasy!

The Pale City is wonderful, but A Storm of Wings is a poetic fever dream of sheer brilliance, which makes all the really great stuff that follows feel a little disappointing. But, this is all bloody brilliant and the first big work I've read the text of in many, many years due to my conditions, which was tough, but absolutely worth it!