AXLER%upenn-1100.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (09/21/84)
From: Macintosh Devaluation Manager <AXLER%upenn-1100.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa>
The book set in a post-holocaust future which mentions "Eusa" is, I
believe, Russell Hoban's novel "Riddley Walker". This book, which won some
awards and was a close runner-up for others (including the Hugo), was one of
my own favorites of last year. It's not an easy read, because Hoban has very
carefully worked out all the details of the dialect spoken by the characters
(who, since they're descended from the present-day residents of the English
countryside, would be a bit hard to understand even now . . .), and has
written the entire book in this dialect. Nevertheless, it's worth it.
Hoban's other works, many of which are worth noting, include a number
of children's books (esp. "The Mouse and His Child"), the intriguing fantasy
novel "The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz", and the recent "Pilgermann".
Overall, an important present-day author of several varieties of fiction.
--Dave Axler