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found the book "an interesting novella converted to an unfortunate novel," faulting it as "a mechanical, simply transposed action-adventure story written, in my view, at the bottom of the man's talent." Zelazny himself agreed with Malzberg, stating that he preferred the novella and only expanded it
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member, is offered a full pardon for his crimes in exchange for taking on a suicide mission: a precarious drive through Damnation Alley, a narrow passage relatively free of lethal radiation, across a ruined America from
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vehicles (fitted with various rocket launchers, flame-throwers, machine guns, and slicing implements) attempting to deliver an urgently needed
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have emerged in remaining areas of the former United States that can still support human life. As a result of the war,
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at his agent's request to make it more viable for a movie deal.
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In 1977, a film loosely based on the novel was directed by
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Index

Damnation Alley (disambiguation)

Roger Zelazny
Jack Gaughan
Science fiction
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Roger Zelazny
film adaptation
Southern California
police states
hurricane
Hells Angels
Orange County, California
Boston
Landmaster
plague
vaccine
Barry N. Malzberg
Jack Smight
Hardwired
Walter Jon Williams
Kevin O'Neill
2000AD
The Cursed Earth
Hawkwind
Quark, Strangeness and Charm
Fallout: New Vegas
Chris Avellone
Fallout
F&SF

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