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Chargement... Novelty: Four Storiespar John Crowley
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. My first exposure to John Crowley, and so enjoyable that I can't wait to read the rest of his work. All four stories are excellent, showcasing different sides of Crowley: mythic fable, plotty sci-fi, character study, and meta-fictional introspection. That last is the title essay, a short piece that recalls something like Nicholson Baker's non-X-rated fiction. The rest are longer, with the first a fable in the vein of Calvino's COSMICOMICS short stories, describing the naming of things and what that meant for the world. The second is the longest, a chronicle of men willing to do anything possible to preserve the British Empire, even tampering with world history itself. (This is one where Crowley flexes his world-building muscles, setting out some tantalizing ideas and following them to their conclusion.) and the third covers a man trapped in a static society, and asking why it should be so static after all. (The fourth actually covers Crowley coming up with this idea, making it an interesting coda.) Anyways, these same stories are also included in the later collection NOVELTIES AND SOUVENIRS, so that may be an easier way to get ahold of them. For me, I found this book in a used bookstore and it turned out to be a good get! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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This collection of four never-before-published, superbly crafted novellas, includes: Why the Nightingale Sings at Night, Great Work of Time, In Blue and Novelty. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Recommended for lovers of fine writing. Less so for those looking for straightahead science fiction or fantasy. ( )