Distance Haze

by Nasir Jamil Nasir and Jamil Nasir

Book Overview

If dreams are doorways, where do they take us? The Deriwelle Institute has millions in funding, Nobel prize-winning scientists, and a mission that could be crazy--or about to change the world....... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553579959
• ISBN13: 9780553579956
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Spectra Books
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

A subjective, personal, and disturbing book

It's not surprising that this book generates extreme reactions - good and bad. It's an extreme book and won't be to everyone's taste. One reviewer who pans it called it disturbing. I agree with the description but loved the book. It's Jamil Nasir's most personal and subjective effort to date, and he pursues issues regarding human meaning and our place in the universe more deeply than most other SF or fantasy writers, or, for that matter, fiction writers in general. Some readers won't like where Nasir comes out, and they may be "disturbed," even revolted, by the trip along the way. I say it's a hell of a ride, and I look forward to more such rides from this original and talented writer.

A Fascinating Book

This book is not only well written, it also defies all stereotypes of science fiction writing. Fascinating and terrifying in turns, it leaves one wondering about the true meaning of life. This authors books just seem to get better and better...

A thought-provoking page-turner

Distance Haze accomplishes the almost impossible -- It raises important and thought-provoking issues concerning religion and the importance of brain chemistry on the outside world, yet it is also an entertaining page-turner that thoroughly engages the reader. It is also a mystery and a love story. Jamil Nasir has found a wonderful voice in telling this story, which crosses over from the usual science fiction. This is a book that anyone who is interested in these big issues would enjoy, not just science fiction devotees.

Words From The Far Green Continent

DISTANCE HAZE, Nasir's fourth novel, is a breakthrough book for this author. Always highly rich and visual, this time his prose comes together with a plot that is downright balletic.Main character Wayne Dolan, a novelist, is going through a midlife crisis that ought to have a little in it for everyone--absent children, sexual insecurity, financial burdens, spiritual panic, creative block--when his editor arranges a nonfiction book assignment for him. He takes it reluctantly, and begins a painful, scary journey in many dimensions. It's science fiction, not a fairy tale, but midlifers will find no small comfort in the book's resolution.Slightly flawed by an excess of characters, some of whom are too interesting, too hastily drawn, or both, DISTANCE HAZE is nonetheless full of "maddeningly beautiful" (to quote Dolan), disturbing descriptions. These include ones of Lake Michigan which, not unlike descriptions in THE SHIPPING NEWS, raise a body of water to the status of a character.

A unique intersection of science fiction and religion

Distance Haze is a rare find. It is accessible equally to readers of science fiction and fine literature. The characters are fully developed. The plot is both complex and spellbinding. It is quite fast-paced with a number of surprising yet realistic turns. It is an innovative and entertaining book . It will keep the reader thinking long after its conclusion. Highly Recommended !