Dramocles: An Intergalactic Soap Opera is a novel by Robert Sheckley published in 1983.
Plot summary edit
Dramocles: An Intergalactic Soap Opera is a novel in which King Dramocles of Glorn uses notes that he did not remember sending to himself in hopes of that they may help him fulfil his unknown destiny.[1]
Reception edit
Dave Langford reviewed Dramocles: An Intergalactic Soap Opera for White Dwarf #69, and stated that "Dramocles has hilarious scenes, like the completely irrelevant one in which minor characters try to gain narrative security by establish a sub-plot of their own; but overall it reads as though Sheckley was desperately making it up as he went along. Pretty good by some standards; insubstantial by Sheckley's own."[1]
Reviews edit
- Review by Faren Miller (1983) in Locus, #269 June 1983
- Review by John Clute (1984) in Foundation, #30 March 1984
- Review by Tom Easton (1984) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1984
- Review by Brian Stableford (1984) in Fantasy Review, November 1984
References edit
- ^ a b Langford, Dave (September 1985). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 69. Games Workshop. p. 16.