Monthly Archives: January 2012

Remembering the World – Jonathan Lethem’s Amnesia Moon

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Iain

Jonathan Lethem’s Amnesia Moon is a novel which plays with the reader. It is a tapestry of genres in a series of dreams and journeys. Lethem enjoys his ecstasy of influences, in this case from Searchers to Philip K Dick … Continue reading →

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Notes on reading Michael Chabon’s Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Iain

Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000) is a book about escape, or trying to escape. Like Jonathan Lethem, Chabon’s work enjoys its influences and finds an joy in its escape from genre and creating its own … Continue reading →

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A night to remember – musing on Where the Wild Things Are

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Iain

The remixing of the film, through adaptation, shows how the fantastic can be found in realist culture, living cheek by jowl. The novelisation and the film turned toward placing the fantastic firmly within the framework of the mundane. This does … Continue reading →

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Tapestry of histories – John R Fultz’s Seven Princes

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Iain

John R. Fultz‘s debut novel, Seven Princes: Books of the Shaper: Volume 1, is a slightly strange fantasy. It is a tapestry of fantasies, each thread of influence enhancing and possibly celebrating the others as they are woven together. The … Continue reading →

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