Too Dry for Sci-Fi (A Book Report on the novel West of January by Dave Duncan...this report is recommended to sci-fi fans)

Throughout its phenomenal and interesting history, science fiction has created fans with possibly the highest standards for entertainment. With characters as unforgettable as Data or Chewbacca, and storylines as cagy as Lord of the Rings or The Matrix, these expectations are self-explanatory. Obviously, Dave Duncan never reviewed these standards when he wrote West of January, or he would have protected the mother ship of fans from the torture of this flavourless, sadistic drama, mistakenly categorized as sci-fi. It should have been placed in the self-help section, because thats exactly what this impudent needs. Fans everywhere would be better off if, like Keanu Reeves, sight that this reality isnt real, that there is no book named West of January, and that its never really been read.

        The story takes place on the distance, and incredibly boring, founding of Vernier, where it takes the sun two hundred years to rotate at once around the planet. This forces Verniers inhabitants to continually move East or they result be scorched by the suns immense heat. Beam in Knobil, West of Januarys protagonist. From birth, the blue-eyed, blonde Knobil knows hes different from his browned-eyed brunette race. This introduction sets up for a potentially fantastic novel, but instead his uniqueness sends Knobil on a quest, which descends into a grotesque story of solicitude and sadism.



Even the unforgiving Sauron wouldnt torture Frodo as Duncan does to Knobil. The plot has no zest or zeal. It only descends deeper into a black messiness of misery for Knobil. Its depressing and unentertaining, dry and bitter. Romulan Ale has more flavour.

        The only social occasion worse than the plot is the unoriginal, lifeless personality of Knobil, the fulsome all-American hero. Sci-Fi is fantasy. kinky characters are expected, possibly craved. As their human-like qualities are revealed, even C-3PO and Yoda can...

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