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Category Archives: Books
Remembering the World – Jonathan Lethem’s Amnesia Moon
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
Notes on reading Michael Chabon’s Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
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
A night to remember – musing on Where the Wild Things Are
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
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
Wings in the snow – Rebecca Guay’s A Flight of Angels
I recently came across A Flight of Angels created by Rebecca Guay. It is a club story which explores and shows differing sides to the angelic host, quite apart from just being messengers. It seems to follow in the wake … Continue reading
Not a number – Philip Palmer’s Hell Ship
Philip Palmer’s Hell Ship is another fast paced pulp novel which turns into something quite exhilarating.What starts out as a space opera with pirates, aliens and lots of fighting becomes an exploration of the reaction to being the last being … Continue reading
Breaking bonds and coils – Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker
Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker continues his exploration of post-scarcity economics which underpins part of The Windup Girl. Published as a young adult novel, this a rip roaring escapade which is exhilarating and frightening, and a subtle tale. Nailer is growing … Continue reading
A night at the circus – Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus
The Night Circus sat on the table in Waterstone’s; its starkly designed cover shouting for attention.There is somethign rather strange and terrifying on the novel and it reminds me a little of Gordon Dahlquist’s The Glass Books of the Dream … Continue reading
The most human creature – Chris Priestley’s Mister Creecher
I’ve just finished Chris Priestley’s latest book, Mister Creecher amidst the surfeit of fine reading on my shelves. I picked up his for Tales of Terror book as a curiosity and duly fell in love with his take on darker … Continue reading
Using a long spoon – Anne Fine’s The Devil Walks
I read a review of Anne Fine‘s latest novel, The Devil Walks, in the Guardian by Mal Peet and picked it up last time I was in Blackwells. Young Adult literature has re-discovered and invigorated the genre with authors such … Continue reading