Like many novels of this ilk, the world of Clockwork Angels is Earth-like in some respects. I had a hard time visualizing the world that these characters inhabited. There’s text in the CD packaging to help illustrate the story a bit more, but that only scratches the surface. I found Clockwork Angels, the album, to have a sparse story that begged to be opened up in more detail. I’m sure both Peart and Anderson are familiar with the previous work, so their plaigarism is not forgiveable. The end result, according to Aaron, is a near total ripoff of Harlan Ellison’s Repent, Harlequin! Said The Ticktockman, but Rushified. Anderson (the Dune spinoffs) has teamed up with Neil Peart to novelize Rush’s latest album, Clockwork Angels. I’m sure a lot of highschool kids in the 1970’s wrote their own short story versions of 2112. Somebody had to write a Rush concept album into book form.
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