The Einstein Intersection

Editorial Reviews
From
Library Journal
Delany's
1967 novel won the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Book. The plot follows a race of aliens, the Lo
Lobey
, who colonize Earth after humankind's departure and try to make sense of our existence (good luck!). This edition has a new foreword by Neil
Gaiman
of Sandman comic fame.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
A
nonhuman race
reimagines
human mythology.

Customer Reviews
Avg. Customer Review:
1 of
Delany's
best
,
August 19, 2002

Along with EMPIRE STAR, EINSTEIN INTERSECTION is
Delany's
best book. A flood of poetic images fills a funny, fast-paced story that may B a retelling of the myth of
Theseus
-- but U won't care.
Delany's
odd eye, great sense of
humor
& different look at things will B
enuf
.
& parts of it R
laff
-out-loud funny.
At 120 pages, U can read it in a couple hours. & if U like
this,
try EMPIRE STAR and really scramble yr brain....
--This text refers to the
Textbook Binding
edition
.

Can you handle the
differentness
?
,
April 26, 2001

This book itself was very different and weird, but it didn't bother me at all. I was drawn right into the story and was able to follow it. There are many layers of myth and symbolism and I'm sure I'd have to read this book a few more to understand them better. I liked the
differentness
. There was a common thread of reality through this book and a set of rules. A lot of fantasy books lack this and in my opinion this ruins the story. When anything can happen at any time for no reason, there really is no story. This is not the case with EI.

This story is about an alien race dealing with the myths of humans, and is itself a myth. Every character fits many roles from many different stories. It was fun to recognize Green Eye as XXXXX and Kid Death as XXXXX. This was a story with meat on
it's
bones. One I will have to read again in a year or so. I will keep thinking about all the implications of this story for many books to come, just as
Lobey
has gone off to think about what happened.

Not worth the effort
,
August 1, 2000

This seems to be the type of book that would either raise admiration or ire in the bosom of the reader. I find myself in the latter category. This novel is one of those philosophical/mythological science fiction stories. I find that such books require a large investment of time to understand (flipping through
encyclopedias
and dictionaries) with my physical sciences education. Then, at 150 pages, after you've invested the effort, the book ends. Perhaps someone versed in the classics would enjoy this book, but for me it was simply not worth the effort.

This book is not really about anything,
its
about images. They come fast and furious, but there
is
little explained, and often times you are left wondering why a certain image is introduced at all. It seems like the author thought up a clever image and decided to write it in, heedless of its relevancy. This happens often enough to by irritating.

To sum up - if you are looking for a hard science fiction novel, this is not the route to go. It's not scientific at all! If you are looking for a modern mythological tale, I would recommend something like Lord of Light (
Zelazny
) where I also had to invest some extra effort, but the investment was well worthwhile.

palimpesto
overload is
aprouching
,
August 9, 1999

like
all books of The Master
Delany
this is a superb piece of art. Fully of intention, drama and a terrible sense of mankind, it's very weird for me being an argentine, to be so impressed by this man and his writing. Can
anibody
want to talk about
!,
no one here seems to know
nathing
about him!!!!!