In the past twelve years, I've gone to being a rabid, enthusiastic and proselytizing Anthony fan to being... well... sorta lukewarm. (My first Xanth book -- and thus my favorite of the series for a long time, just for sheer exuberant silliness -- was "Crewel Lye.") To compare the style and scope of "Zombie Lover" to, say, "A Spell for Chameleon" or other earlier books is just begging to be depressed. The series has gone from being always gripping, often moving and consistently hilarious to merely amusing. (I've been noticing a constant, half-hearted resurrection of older characters from the series' "glory days," before Ivy's adolescence and before the Adult Conspiracy became such an annoyingly inescapable plot point.) And like many of today's mainstream authors, Anthony means well, but his interpretation of, for example, racial prejudice (in this book at least) is superficial and clueless. (I would be interested to guess the number of black women fans (yes they do exist) who, not having green eyes and straight, rump-length hair, might be more than a little hurt by his interpretation of black "beauty." Black Barbie, indeed. No offense meant to the Halle Berrys of the world who actually look like that.)

I was sad to realize that this will probably be my last Xanth book. Mild amusement has its place, but if you want a *real* taste of Anthony, let Xanth die a quiet death already and go directly to the "Incarnations of Immortality" series, or the first two "Geodyssey" books.

I very much enjoyed this fantasy brain candy full of great puns! Anthony delivers, yet again, a fun book of the 'funky' Xanth, but this time with Zombies! We haven't heard much from them in the series, but this book has a very interesting plot that you all Xanth lovers will...well love! And on the way you can obviously expect pleny 'o puns! Enjoy!

First of all, I am HUGE fan of Piers Anthony and Xanth. That said, I still liked this book better than the last few writings, because it's inventive and you an realate to the characters. Anthony goes back to a straight human main character, which is good, and I thought the idea of a black person in Xanth was a good idea. One of my favorite parts was how Anthony brings back Dolph, Dor, and Bink as major characters. Another good thing was Jenny Elf's romance. It's good to see her settle down. But my favorite part of the book had to be the Breanna's hatred of the Adult Conspiracy. The Conspiracy has been my least favorite part of the seires. Clio mentioned in the Epilog that something big was going to happen in the next book. Could it be the abolishing of the Conspiracy? Only time will tell.

I've been catching up on Wells' work lately, and up to this point, I've been fairly impressed. His best work, written at the turn of the century, holds up fairly well: it's entertaining and thought-provoking (The Time Machine, War of the Worlds).

I wasn't very impressed with this book, however. It doesn't read like his other works. The story probably could have been told in 20 or so pages, definitely a short-story candidate. I was amazed that Wells stretched this out to its present length, as the middle 40-odd pages were quite dull and really didn't go anywhere.

The science behind the story (while iffy, of course), is fascinating. Griffin is a great character, but more could have been done with him, besides his spending so much time having to convince people that he IS, in fact, invisible ("I am invisible. I really am an invisible man", etc, etc). It gets mind-numbing after a while. I guess the biggest let-down of the book is the fact that the title gives everything away. Once you've seen the cover, you pretty much have it; no real surprises. Yep, he's invisible, and there ya go.

What a great idea to assemble scifi icons from Star Trek to perform various H.G. Wells's classics! Of the works they've performed are: The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The First Men in the Moon, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

This audio recording of The Invisible Man was easy listening, and fun too. It's definitely worth a listen. I'm going to have to check out the others!

One side note, obviously the original work was abridged and adapted for audio drama. You'll still want to read the classic.

Okay, so Wells didn't load the book with the violence seen in the recent movie Hollow Man. Consider when the book was written, and what was comparable at the time. I, for one, was engrossed in the book and read it in about three sittings.

Wells excellently portrayed Griffin (Invisible Man) as a man crossing back and forth from sanity to madness. You may catch yourself considering how you would overcome his difficulties, or how you might abuse his power.

What really stood out for me was the tongue-in-cheek undertones Wells incorporated into the story, such as the cockney dialect and rustic behavior of the people of Iping. Also, consider Wells' narration during intense moments, such as the fight between Griffin and the people of Iping...
"...[Huxter's] shin was caught in some mysterious fashion, and he was no longer running, but flying with inconceivable rapidity through the air. He saw the ground suddenly close to his face. The world seemed to splash into a million whirling specks of light, and subsequent proceedings interested him no more."
Later elaboration of the events included the terrifying realization that Griffin was "smiting and overthrowing, for the mere satisfaction of hurting."

If you find the book difficult to follow, try the version adapted by Malvina Vogel, complete with illustrations by Pablo Marcos. It's not as powerful, but easier to understand.

Killobyte is the newest virtual game to hit the market. Players lock themselves into a chair equiped with sensors and a visor and enter a world of imagination. Here we meet Walter Toland, a wheelchair bound ex cop, and Baal Curan, a diabetic young woman. The two enter the game expecting an escape from thier lonely existence, but this escape may cost them thier lives.

Killobyte is the first Anthony book i ever read. I had heard from friends he was the god of fantasy. As I discovered he is far from a god but some of his books are a good read, Killobyte being one of them. The book is slow at times but fast enough to hold your interest. The characters are likeable and the plot is semi believable. Anthony has a tendency to write for a young male audience and this can become annoying. Despite this drawback I recommend Killobyte for the casual fantasy/sci-fi reader.

Firstly, this is not my favorite book genre. However, on advice from a friend I surprisingly enjoyed "Killobyte".

Piers Anthony gives us an intriguing concept of virtual reality in "game form". We meet heroic Walter Toland, an ex-policeman, now forced to be wheelchair bound. And Baal Curran, an introspective High Schol senior, who has retreated into a world of her own.

Playing "Killobyte" brings them together on a journey of understanding and victory.

A complete, well written story.

Thanks--CDS

Here is a book, every sci-fi, action reader should read. KilloByte. Walter Toland is a ex-cop who is bound into a wheelchair. Baal Curran has type 1 diabetes. Both plays the same game called KilloByte. A virtual reality game. Going through the streets of Germany, and through castles saving princesses. But one thing they can't do is leave the game. Stuck together trying to stay alive or die. Not just die in the game, but dying in real life. A hacker puts a virus into their computers, making it impossible to quit the game. Baal is running low on sugar. If she can't leave the game soon she will die of low sugar. Walter could not be killed in the game or he would die in real life. How could they escape this fate? Will they survive?

If you need to do network programming on the Windows platform I strongly recommend you get this book. This book provides very complete coverage on the subject with good explanations and nice code samples. NetBios, Mailslots, Named Pipes, and Winsock are all covered, with the vast majority of the book devoted to Winsock. This is dense reading so expect to spend time with this book. But the payoff is a detailed understanding of network programming on the Windows platform. This book is for intermediate to advanced programmers only, beginners stay away. I hope this helps J.

I have five books on Network programming in Windows. There isn't anything in the other four that isn't covered in this book.

The text is relatively easy to follow, and as a "non-C/C++" programmer, I've found the C code pretty easy to follow. My only criticism is that many advanced programming books from MS Press tend to ignore Visual Basic programmers. Of course, doubleing up all the examples in both C and BASIC would be a waste in the book, but certainly VB examples could be made available on the enclosed CDROM.

As a professional networking software tester I have read atleast parts of most of the network programming books out there, andthis is the best of them so far. As previously mentioned the authors concentrate primarily on Winsock and mostly on C/C++ (as any serious network programmer should in both cases). Since this book does cover so many subjects though, some of the more peripheral subjects are mentioned relatively briefly, but hey, that's what SDK's are for. Concentrating on the main subject the authors do a great job of explaining Winsock and its application. I was particularly impressed by the comprehensive way in which they covered the differences between protocols, and between operating systems. It was also impressive (especially for an MSPress book) that they point out all the idiosyncracies and occasional bugs in the different implementations of Winsock. Obviously this book is intended for at least an intermediately skilled programmer, but should work well as a reference and an introduction to new topics (such as QOS, multicasting, and LSP's) to even more experienced coders.

To allay the conspiracy fears of those Linux people out there, I am not affiliated in any way with Microsoft Corporation or MSPress.

Book 4 of the Magic of Xanth

Prince Dor is 16 years old and is struggling with his continuing education. King Trent wants Dor to gain experience in governing, so when the time comes that Trent must make a diplomatic trip to Mundania, he leaves Dor in charge for the week. Dor does well enough for that first week, but when King Trent and Queen Iris do not return, there is cause for concern. Dor wants to go directly to Mundania to find Trent, but the Council forbids it. They do, however, agree to let Dor and some friends (Princess Irene, Grundy the Golem, Chet the Centaur and Smash the Ogre) travel to the south of Xanth to learn about the new Magician that recently appeared.

The first part of the book is the adventure through Xanth down to Centaur Isle. I found this first half to be the least interesting part of the book. It didn't appear to be much different that similar sections in the first three books, plus there didn't seem to be much progress. It just seemed juvenile (even more so than usual). Even though Dor is twice as old as he was in Castle Roogna, he acts the same.

Upon arrival at Centaur Isle, this book got interesting and I cared more about the story. Aspects of centaur society were introduced and fleshed out, and the identity of the new Magician was revealed. This also set up the trip to Mundania to rescue King Trent (if nobody saw that coming, I'll be very surprised). Even though I found the first half of the book to be uninteresting, the quality of the second half more than makes up for it. While I don't believe this is one of the best books of the series, it is redeemed by the ending of the novel. Centaur Aisle is not great, and barely passes for good, but it is a decent read in the Xanth series.

People often say that the first three books of the Xanth series are the best, but I think the series topped at book number four. Centaur Aisle is Xanth in its finest hour: full of puns (but not TOO many), a lively group of magical youths as the heroes, a clever and thoughtful plot - and all topped off with an adventure of awesome scale.

Dor is sixteen and is like any other teenager: he hates studying, is annoyed by the "palace brat" Irene, and worries about becoming a competent and honorable adult. The only difference between him and that kid down your street is that he can talk to your chair as if it were a regular person, and he's posed to become the next King of Xanth, a land of magic. However, when the rightful king disappears in the dreary land of Mundania (*gasp* they have NO magic!), Dor is forced to take responsibility before he's ready and set out on a rescue mission with his group of friends.

This is Xanth after Mr. Anthony has stretched his legs, and before he started overdoing it. The plot actually IS a plot, and it's smart. Readers get to read about new aspects of Xanth's magic, but none of it is too ridiculous or lame as to be laughable, as is the case far too often with the newer Xanth novels. My favorite parts of the book, however, was the depth of emotion that Anthony carefully tried to lay down on the pages.

Xanth is a fantasy series, and accordingly, the emotions presented in most of its stories are either light and shallow, or too far removed from reality to actually make you feel like you could relate to the character. But this novel managed to move away from that symptom - at least even temporarily in parts - and depicted scenes with genuine human reactions. The one scene where Dor and Irene are trapped in opposite cells as prisoners - and, not knowing their fate - proposed in a special way that could only happen in a Xanth novel, made me cry when I first read it.

This book is not to be missed, for both old and new fans. If you've already read it before, experience the magic again. And if you've never read this or any Xanth novel before, I strongly recommend that you begin at the beginning - the first three are strong works as well - just so the later ones make sense. This novel was worth every penny I paid for it, and I'm so thankful that books like these can be written. Now, if only Mr. Anthony could bring back the old magic that made so many of us fall in love with his novels in the first place....

I started the Xanth series when I was about 13. I got as far as Centaur Aisle and stopped, not because I dislike the series, but because after Centaur Aisle, every time I went for a Xanth book, it was the one I took. I must have read this book four billion times that summer. As soon as I finished it, I turned back to page one, every time. I picked it up again the other day to sustain me until the fourth Harry Potter book (AMAZING series) comes out. I think what captures me in this book is the idea of a group of young teenagers (OK, the Golem Grundy isn't a teen, but he's small..) going out into the big bad world and saving the day. Which is ironic, because I wouldn't recommend this book for young kids; it seems like every time you turn the page Irene is showing off her panties, ripping Dor's clothes off, or inviting him to cop a feel. She's quite worldly for fifteen. But this book is still fun, and that's what it's all about. Brief synopsis: King Trent and Queen Iris head out on a diplomatic mission to the magicless world of Mundania, leaving sixteen year old and future king Dor in charge of the kingdom of Xanth. But when the set date for their return comes and goes, Dor and Irene (the king's daughter) begin to worry. With their young friends Chet the Centaur, Smash the Ogre and Grundy the Golem they head South on a rescue mission.. Mundania, of course, lying to the North. This book is a fun and easy read for anyone looking for a laugh and a good adventure, and I would definitely recommend it.

If you're looking for a book that will give you a good bird's eye view of the kind of investing currently going on in .com land, as well as a historical overview of past (mostly technology) bubbles, this one fits the bill. Better yet, if you're at Buck's restaurant in Silicon Valley, waiting for that venture capitalist you're trying to pitch on your latest business plan, you can pick up a copy and start reading right there! The Internet Bubble is a handy compendium of the history of previous technology bubbles, and the roles venture capitalists, investment bankers, and institutional investors -- as well as over-eager entrepreneurs - played in them, and anecdotes (some new, some already known) about the similar funding frenzy of today's .com stocks. It's meant as a caution to individual investors, and explains how they tend to end up holding the hot potato when companies are sent to the public markets too soon (as even some of the venture capitalists who fund those companies admit). Useful knowledge for any individual investor in .com stocks to have....

The Internet Bubble provides a lucid exposition and analysis of the high flying internet stocks which the authors warn are about to crash. Surpisingly blunt and revealing, particularly about the high stock prices and values, are the many quotations from industry leaders and venture capitalists. This expose' provides insights into the financing and control of startup companies before a public offering and the maneuvering by key players as well as the pressures and timing to harvest the wealth.

The authors back up their instructive and provocative narrative with a calculation of the magnitude of the "price bubble" - the improbable earnings growth that would be necessary to justify internet stock prices.

The candor of the book is refreshing. The economic data are not ponderous; they are brief and to the point. The book kept my interest throughout even when it touched upon familiar matters. If you own internet stocks or are tempted to buy, you should read this lively and well written book.

Some in clandestine companies combine; Erect new stocks to trade beyond the line; With air and empty names beguile the town, And raise new credits first, then cry 'em down; Divide the empty nothing into shares, And set the crowd together by the ears. - Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731)

The Internet Bubble documents the latest incarnation of the world's second oldest profession: separating gullible investors from their money. Not since the 1920s has the US seen such a highly evolved stock mania machine involving media outlets, market pundits, bankers, brokers, pension funds, venture capitalists, and legion uniformed investors taking it all in -- and getting taken in. This has been going on for years without much notice. At last we have in Anthony and Michael Perkins, founders of The Red Herring, working as investigative journalists who use their insider contacts to go out and get the story.

As the founder of iTulip.com in November 1998, a parody of an Internet company created to draw attention to the Internet stock mania game, I take a special interest in the Perkins' excellent new book. Just as we do on iTulip.com, Anthony and Michael Perkins believe that the Internet offers tons of valid investment opportunities. But over time as the mania machine evolved, a perfectly good investment opportunity has turned into a circus for suckers.

What is not explained in the book is how such a financial mania starts in the first place. So let's back up a bit. Nearly every mania was sparked by the convergence of four events:

1) The nation hosting the mania survives a traumatic crisis such as a war or depression -- in the current instance, the Cold War ended. Optimism rules the day. 2) Following the crisis, tensions among nations decrease and international trade booms. 3) A discovery, new invention or technology offers unmeasurable benefits, creating a sense of limitless possibility. Without precident, the market has no guideposts to help investors set a fair market value for securities issued by corporations that manufacture the new technology. Hundreds of businesses crop up to capitalize on the flood of money available to fund the new businesses. Some of the optimism is justified. Imagine what the first railroads meant to commerce? Suddenly goods could be shipped inexpensively over long distances in a set time period at relatively low cost. A huge boon to the economy, but in 1857 a bust to investors. The benefits of the new technology turned out to be great but not infinite. 4) Interest rates fall in the rapidly expanding and deflationary economic environment -- deflation driven by global competition and rising productive capacity. The money supply is permitted to increase rapidly in the absense of apparent inflationary pressures. The excess liquidity does not show up in the so-called real economy as higher priced goods and services, instead inflation arises in the asset prices. Why? Because increased competition and rising capacity lower profitability. Financial assets become the only profit game in town. Speculation ensues. Starting in 1996, the money supply in the US began a precipitous climb, and with it the stock market in general and Internet stocks in particular.

Which brings us back to Anthony and Michael Perkins. They explain the actual workings of the mania machine from the inside through interviews with key players. They explain where the mania started and how it evolved, the participation of venture capitalists and investment banks, and they lucidly compare the Internet bubble to the Biotech bubble that popped in 1992. They debunk the New Economy. Finally, they tell you where to look for real value in Internet investing.

This is an important book if you're in the stock market and especially if you own Internet stocks. Buy it.

This is a wonderful book to help you see the big picture beyond the daily grind of life. If even the idea of "spiritual warfare" makes you a little queasy, this book will put you at ease. It gives practical suggestions for calling on God's power, without getting spooky or overly-focused on demonic forces. Anyone, regardless of how much (or little) theology they've studied, can read and understand this book. The message is powerful, and the lessons stay with you long after you've finished the book.

This book as all of the other Tony Evans books I have read is written in a spellbounding, direct, easy to read format. He does an excellent job explaining why the struggles a Christian experiences in her/his life is a spiritual battle that only the LORD can fight for us.

This is an excellent book that should be read along with the bible that will give you some incite as to the road you will travel. It is like a road map which I have traveled. I believe that anyone who doesn't know these things will benefit by it especially if you are a baby christian. I found that although I knew about all of the subjected covered it inspired me to get more serious with my warfare. It brings out a very important point that christian MUST realize that they are in a constant battle and they need to think and act accordingly instead of setting around waiting for God to do something that they should be doing. This is the first one of the author's books that I have read. You can not stress the point of warfare enough until people really start viewing this situation as a battle and they we are fighting for the kingdom of God. So stand up warriors and fight the battle and the good fight of faith. The battle is already won. Hold on to the victory and give God the glory.

I liked this book and its characters, though I had a hard time keeping up with their names. Usually when this happens to me, I blame it on the author not protraying them in such a way that they are memorable in my mind. I loved the premise of them living in the giant screen and the juxtaposition of classical music and a library beneath a raging dog kennal. It was a priceless visual! I just never got emotionally involved in the story to the point that I hated to put the book down. Bottom line.......it was an okay read on the airplane (I travel 200 days a year and read about five books a week!) Each time I found a gem of a chapter, it was followed by some disjointed and disappointing one...like a roller coaster.

This book was a good read but not quite in the can't-put-it-down category. It's about a 1960's nuclear family who operate a massive drive-in theater along Florida's Atlantic coast south of Jacksonville. The cast of characters grows to include a Scatman Crothers-type black handyman (only he's very short) and a part terrier/part wiener dog (who becomes unforgiveably vicious). Most of the doings concern the interplay between the lurid but fun cinema and the staid but necessary funeral chapel next door, especially the Romeo-and-Juliet substory of the narrator and his girl. The prose style hit the right buttons: it was neither too colloquial nor too U-of-Iowa-Workshop, if you know what I mean. Unfortunately, though, there was often some heavy-handed foreshadowing of events to come. Anticipating one tragic scene, we witness it through the eyes of a 16-year-old boy, the adult he has become, with symbolism, and with ironic detachment. In this sense the novel is over-engineered. Baker is too good at his craft; he's already experienced enough to go for an effect once and get it right. I look forward to his next book.

This is a delightful book with vivid characters that you want to meet! In fact, this book is so original and fun to read, I had to keep looking at the picture of Larry Baker and wonder -- how does he come up with these people and situations? It's easy to try and compare Baker with John Irving...since both have Iowa City roots...but I'd compare this book more to "The Shipping News" -- you actually LIKE the characters and care about what happens to them. Yes, yes, yes -- give it a try! Let's encourage MORE first time authors like Larry Baker.

It seems like Piers' Xanth series is getting worse by the book. Although Harpy Thyme was well conceived, Geis of the Gargoyle put him back in the slump that Demons Don't Dream left him in. This one is worse. The puns are getting old, which is bad, because Xanth is made out of puns. Metria's character is represented well, but that's about the only interesting part of this book. The rest of it is all inane drivel. It seems like he typed this book with a really bad hangover. He is also forgetting a lot of what made his older books, from Spell for Chameleon to Isle of View, so enchanting; thier realism. There were real relationships and tragedies and all that, and in this book, everything is so plastic and perfect. There are a lot of loose plot ends. I haven't read Yon Ill wind yet tho, and I've heard it's a lot better than this one. I hope so

Now I like the Xanth novels. I've read virtually all of them and they're entertaining, but that doesn't stop me from noting its problems and downfalls. Piers Anthony has made some improvement in his Xanth novels. While he still hasn't been able to let go of the ever-present find-a-mate-get-married-have-babies-for-the-next-Xanth-novel plot, it has been pressed more or less into the background instead of being the one of main focuses of the book. No the main problem of the book is that there is no real conflict in the story. Everything is accomplished too easily and you can always find someone who has the answer or something to give you just what you need. This is my definition of 'abuse of magic'. There is never any doubt about the outcome. Problems are just passing clouds, without any real substence or lingering effects. That may be fine with younger readers, but who are these books written for anyway? You tend to think adults, because 'Roc and A Hard Place' is full of Sexual Innuendo and Situations. Which is downright absurd when the last three chapters of 'Roc and a Hard Place' are about a bird being put on trail for having violated the Adult Conspiracy by uttering the word 'Darn' in the presence of a juvenile... in this case, an egg.

Hi my name is Alana Norton as you by now already know and I am going to tell you about this book. I think it is great! It's not the best I've read from Piers but It certantly rates high! It's about a demoness with a lot riding on her shoulders,and all for a baby! you'll under stand better if you read it. It involves some interesting new charecters and some of my favorite old ones like d.mentia and d.metria.If you think your getting into some book about aliens turn around and leave but if your interested in fantisy this is definetly the book for you! I also suggest Demons don't dream which is great. sorry to fans of Xanth this is not as pun filled as usuall but its worth the loss for the content.if you are a fan of xanth please E-mail me at AKAEN@aol.com:-) bye for now-alan

Shakespeare in this play shows how love is not human but surrealistic. Love does not answer reasonable questions. It is a fundamentally unreasonable attitude that brings the lovers to absurd behaviours negating all logical, political and historical values. Love has no limits even if history will prove stronger and the lovers will be destroyed. Shakespeare beefs up this theme with a language that is so rich that we are fascinated by the words, the symbols, the symbolic value of words and acts. He is particularly rich in his style that is entirely, words, poetry, actions, and even feelings, organized following some simple symbols, particularly numerical symbols. In this play Cleopatra appears as being the core of the symbolism and she carries with her the number eleven that comes from the old English runes with the meaning of fate, of fatal defeat, of a flaw that cannot be corrected or escaped. It is her destiny to bring Antony to his defeat and death, just as it is Antony's fate to be governed by this woman and led to his own destruction because of his love for her. It also shows how the Emperor is able to use this fatal situation in order to capture all powers and to impose his absolute will on the Roman Empire. He seems to be the one who plays not well but with all the assets of the game up his sleeves, and he takes them out one at a time when the situation is ripe for these assts to become the key to is ascension to absolute power by defeating those who may oppose him.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

Cleopatra may be a somewhat ambiguous female character, but I totally loved her, and Bill's portrayal of her. I don't know if he expected the reader to judge her, but I suspect not. The harshest criticism of her comes from Octavius Caesar, who himself doesn't do a single noble thing throughout the whole play. She is fully aware of the fact that she is a sensual, passionate woman- which has no negative effect on her ability to rule Egypt. Her biggest faults are her violent temper (which I suspect is just part of her passionate nature) and her tendency to lie when it suits her (either for sport or for serious politics). Antony (I feel) is actually kind of a loser compared to her. His insincerity runs deep- he marries Caesar's sister in a political move, although he had repeatedly pledged his undying love for Cleopatra. She forgives him, because she truly loves him, even though he doesn't do anything to deserve forgiveness. Antony never fully allows himself to love Cleopatra. He constantly is overreacting to the slightest indication that she might be betraying him or whatever. It is one of these overreactions (combined with an ill-timed lie on Cleo's part) that ends up destroying them both. Even in the end, Cleopatra's death is more dignified and better conceived than Antony's messy and fumbling suicide.

Anthony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's difficult plays, and so I suspect the ratings on the play are low because it's a more mature play than Romeo and Juliet. Here we have two middle age lovers who part of the time are foolish with lust/love and the rest of the time are tough minded heads of state. The "tragedy" is that they can't be both and survive. This is not a play for the young folks, I'm afraid. But if you want some heavy drama where the characters are spared nothing and given no slack, read Anthony and Cleopatra (hint: Cleopatra's suicide is more political statement than a crazy wish to die with Antony). Better yet see it performed by some real actors some time.