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Chargement... He Do the Time Police in Different Voicespar David Langford
![]() Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. ![]() ![]() Langford has always been a brilliant critic, with sharp, sarcastic wit and a great command of the English language (along with a degree in Physics). As he explains in the foreword, parody is a great criticism tool. Very good authors are practically impossible to make fun of - in the actual parody sense, at least - in most cases you are forced to insert completely unrelated elements, like anachronism or pop-culture references - as in the case of "Bored with The Rings", but that's not a real parody. Also, as he eminently points out in the same foreword, a good parody is a short one - and it's also very tiring to compose. Hence, the relative scarcity of the genre. This book(let - a mere 220 pages) collects all his works in the area, including a couple which are more properly homages than parody (Lovecraft and Conan Doyle). Some of them appeared originally in magazines or other books, but they are quite hard to find out. I am giving this a very high rating considering that I really like Langford as a critic (even more than as a novelist) and so I am sort of a fan of his. It could also be a great gift for someone who likes "Golden Age" SF - alas there is nothing regarding cyberpunk or more recent tropes/styles. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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