I have read Thousands of books in my life, and have only returned four to the shelf unfinished - Dhalgren being among them. Am I missing something? As I read the book I would of course ask questions: What is the nature of this disaster? Why is the sun swollen? Why the Two Moons? Why does the city burn without being consumed? Why would someone go there? Why would anyone stay? Is there an advantage to living in seeking a place? Where did the holograms come from and what is Their significance? Why is the rest of the world ignoring search of unusual phenomenon? By Page Three Hundred none Of These questions had even been touched upon. I had to give up on a story Which was little more than the chronicaling of the day-to-day routine of perverted losers who choose to dwell (why?) In a destroyed (why?) City.
