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DAMNATION ALLEY, A NOVEL BY ROGER ZELAZNY (BOOK REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION)

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 Today I shall review Damnation Alley , a science fiction novel by Roger Zelazny. Originally envisioned and published as a novella in 1967, Damnation Alley was republished as a novel in 1969. Now, I haven't read the original novella so I cannot compare the two, but I did a bit of research before I started writing this review. What I found is that Zelazny decided to turn his novella into the novel Damnation Alley only on insistence from his publisher. It seemed Zelazny wasn't completely satisfied with it and preferred the novella.  As I said, I haven't read the original novella so I really cannot compare. Having read Damnation Alley in its novel form, however, I can say that it seemed to lack something. What exactly that would be, I cannot put my finger on with certainly. I can list my subjective opinion upon different aspects of this novel and that is exactly what I shall do in this review. What were my thoughts intentionally? I was a bit surprised going into the novel beca