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When a mainstream author essays to produce a science fiction novel, I am interested--sf authors having such a reputation for poor writing skills as they do.

Theroux's O-Zone, like Lessing's Shikasta series, suggests there may be something special to good futuristic fiction writing, something that doesn't necessarily go along with the skills required in producing good novels of an ordinary kind. Whatever that special gift is, neither Theroux nor Lessing demonstrate it. This book is bad, very bad, so bad and so unworthy of concern that I've appended a NYTimes review which explores the depths of its badness.