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Would YOU pay to go down with the Titanic…?
Jack Dann’s novel The Man Who Melted is a breathtaking glimpse into the near future. It is a genre classic that has been called “one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time” by Science Fiction Age and a “masterpiece” by the St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers. The Washington Post Book World compared it with Ingmar Bergman’s film The Seventh Seal.
The Man Who Melted recounts the stunning odyssey of a man searching through the glittering, apocalyptic landscape of the next century for a woman lost to him in a worldwide outbreak of telepathic fear. It is a masterful vision of our future, of an era when people gamble for body parts; when thrills come in vast variety, ranging from a pleasure jaunt on the refitted HMS Titanic, bound again on a final, fatal cruise (suicide optional), to the ultimate exploration: experiencing electronically the thoughts of those already passed to the other side, past death.
This prophetic future is a hauntingly beautiful and frightening reflection of our own present: a time when people prey freely upon minds, souls, and emotions. Filled with passionate humanity and writing of the highest order, it is an important and resonant work by a multi-award winning writer who has been compared to Lewis Carroll and J. G. Ballard.
As several reviewers have pointed out: one doesn’t so much read Jack Dann’s work as hallucinate it. And The Man Who Melted is no exception!
“A powerful and fascinating book, a dance of Life and Death in the streets of a swaying Pompeii. Written with grace, subtlety and intense character insight, it is almost hypnotic in the hold it takes upon the reader. I recommend it highly.”—Roger Zelazny
“The Man Who Melted is that rare book in science fiction, a book about something… This is a deeply felt, intense, finally cathartic book.”—The Washington Post Book World
“A beautiful, terrifying cri du mort for humanity and an absolutely unforgettable book.”—Elizabeth Hand in Science Fiction Age
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