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The Blazing World | Through the dark labyrinth
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Through the dark labyrinth. Posted by Paul Kincaid. Asymp; Comments Off on The Blazing World. Years ago I got to review the first novel by Michael Chabon,. I was struck, then, by references to science fiction that crept into the novel, so I was not altogether surprised, years later, when he started writing genre fiction. By that measure, I wouldn’t be totally surprised if Siri Hustvedt wrote some science fiction in the future. Her 2014 novel,. Discovery of a New World Called the Blazing World. I’ve...
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E.L. Doctorow | Through the dark labyrinth
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Through the dark labyrinth. Posted by Paul Kincaid. Asymp; 1 Comment. And the last,. Have a contemporary setting and I think they are his weakest (perhaps because of that). But others of his books are, I think, just about perfect. I first encountered his work, as so many people did, with. Not long after, I found a secondhand hardback copy of. The Book of Daniel. Which I also read. Funnily, I recognised some of the techniques that Coover used from Doctorow’s. The Book of Daniel. Welcome to Hard Times.
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The Lost Domain | Through the dark labyrinth
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Through the dark labyrinth. Little over an hour later I heard a gate slamming in the wind. I pulled on my still damp coat and went to latch it shut once more, then took a moment to lean on the top bar and look at the tracks already disappearing under fresh snow. The wind was even stronger now, but I could see nothing else moving. You can come out now,’ I said without turning round. Better come inside.’. I remember rooms like this,’ he said, ‘when I was a child.’. He’ll live,’ the older man replied. The o...
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Paul Kincaid | Through the dark labyrinth
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Through the dark labyrinth. Posted by Paul Kincaid. Asymp; Comments Off on The Moving Toyshop. 8216;Let’s go left,’ Cadogan suggested. ‘After all, Gollancz is publishing this book.’. I knew about this novel long before I read it, or indeed anything by Edmund Crispin. Maureen kept quoting the line about turning left at a junction because Gollancz was publishing the book. It was a knowingness that amused me. But not enough to make me pick up any of his novels and read them. Continue reading →. Personally I...
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Reprint: The Waterworks | Through the dark labyrinth
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Through the dark labyrinth. Posted by Paul Kincaid. Asymp; 1 Comment. On the day I learned of the death of one of my favourite writers, E.L. Doctorow, whom I talk about here. I thought it appropriate to dig out this review of his excellent novel,. The review first appeared in Vector 180, August/September 1994:. What is it we are doing in science fiction? And if we accept that premise, then there is no doubt at all that. The impact of science upon society led to Mary Shelley’s. The Book of Daniel. Post wa...
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Index | Through the dark labyrinth
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Through the dark labyrinth. Peter Ackroyd –. The Fall of Troy. Peter Ackroyd –. The Lambs of London. Peter Ackroyd –. Peter Ackroyd –. Nina Allan –. Nina Allan –. Margery Allingham –. More Work for the Undertaker. Margery Allingham –. Kate Atkinson –. Paul Auster –. Paul Auster –. Kage Baker –. Russell Banks –. John Banville –. John Banville –. Adrian Barnes –. Julian Barnes –. Max Barry –. Greg Bear –. The Collected Stories of Greg Bear. Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint –. Ioanna Bourazopoulou –. EL Doctorow...
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Reprint: Helen O’Loy | Through the dark labyrinth
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Through the dark labyrinth. Reprint: Helen O’Loy. Posted by Paul Kincaid. Asymp; 1 Comment. And this is the companion piece to yesterday’s article. Lester Del Rey’s “Helen O’Loy” is, I am sure, the story that inspired C.L. Moore’s far superior “No Woman Born”. This column appeared in Vector 279, Spring 2015. Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Had performed a miracle and put all the works in a girl-modeled case. Even the plastic and rubberite face was designed for flexibility to express emotions, and she w...