![]() I gave this 3 stars, some four and five star RS books would be: AT Winter's End, The Word Inside and Downward To Earth. Though the main character thinks he is a God, he is very human in his thoughts and even though I did not like the main character, I have no doubt this was what he was like in real life and how I would probably be under the same circumstances. ![]() We also see how Kings do not have all the power as they must deal with the priests and the priestess and what the people expect. Though there are lots of demons and such mentioned in the story, we see through his adventures how these are just how they explain anything they do not understand. He is big and strong and he sleeps with several women a night (It's good to be the King). He grows up in the story and he becomes what he thinks is nearly a God. As a youth he is confused over all the religious rituals and little is done to explain them to him. It is written in first person by the King. Condition: First UK edition: octavo hardcover, with gilt spine. ![]() RS is one of the more talented writers around. ![]() Like all Silverberg books the prose is good. ![]() It is the story of a King from his childhood to late adulthood. The story is based on probably the oldest known story ever written. When his father the king of Rurk dies, Gilgamesh is forced into exile by the newly crowned Dumuzi. This reads like something Mary Renault would write and she would do a better job. ![]()
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