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Tag Archives: new_weird
Becoming lost and found in Vandermeer’s Ambergris
I have to admit that re-reading the ‘New Weird’ authors recently has reminded me why I ell head over heels in love with the weirdness at the time. In a sense, it is like the reminder of a first love … Continue reading
Crosshatching worlds – Jon Courtenay Grimwood’s The Fallen Blade
Venice, La Serenissima, exerts a strange gravitational hold on writer’s imaginations. Jamila Gavin’s excellent Blood Stone (earlier post here), Marcus Sedgwick‘s My Swordhand is Singing, and Michelle Lovric‘s The Undrowned Child use the city as a crossing zone. Jeanette Winterson’s … Continue reading
Filtered perceptions of now – Jeff Vandermeer’s Finch
I’ve only managed to read one book this week and that is Jeff Vandermeer‘s Finch published in the UK by Corvus Books. Before you go further, this review does contain spoilers. Just a friendly warning. Alongside New Crobuzon, Ambergris is … Continue reading