Editing Creatures of Light and Darkness (section)

==Reception==
[[Algis Budrys]] gave ''Creatures of Light and Darkness'' an uneasily positive review, praising its "rich, satisfactory detail and really moving human interplay," but warning that its unusual narrative technique "will probably baffle and infuriate" many readers.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Algis|last=Budrys|title=Galaxy Bookshelf |work=[[Galaxy Science Fiction]] |date=November 1969 |pages=141-42}}</ref> [[James Blish]], however, found the novel "a flat failure," even though "Some parts are evocative in the authentic and unique Zelazny manner." He particularly faulted Zelazny's decision to end ''Creatures'' as a scene from a play, but "a scene which absolutely demands straightforward, standard narrative and for which the playscript is the worst possible choice."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=James |last=Blish| title=Books|work=[[F&SF]] |date=April 1970|pages=49-51}}</ref>