Monthly Archives: January 2012
characters (2)
This character wakes up with a sense of happiness, all that remains of a dream the content of which she has already forgotten. The dream repeats itself. Soon it’s a nightly event. The dreamer’s delight on waking is increasingly intense. … Continue reading
Filed under writing
what he said
John Coulthart on the Weird– It’s a term that isn’t always easy to define which is one reason I like it. Fantasy, horror and science fiction evolved quite naturally as descriptive terms then ended up being co-opted by the imperatives … Continue reading
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the implication of form
Lawrence Durrell, Justine: “I would set my own book free to dream… What follows would be a drama freed from the burden of form.” [p66, Faber edn. My ellipsis.] Important here would be the strength of the form from which … Continue reading
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characters (1)
This character took the decision to bury his early hopes under the weight of overexpectation & consequent disappointment then repressed the horror of that as quickly as possible. The effect was of stuffing a live part of himself into a … Continue reading
Filed under ghosts, lost & found, notes
disambiguation
Just to reiterate, because people still turn up here looking for it: The novel called Pearlant, which was to be published by Gollancz in April 2012, is now entitled Empty Space & will be published by Gollancz in May/June 2012. … Continue reading
Filed under empty space
paradise & lunch
Next Thursday I’m at Warwick, in conversation with China. A chance to meet Will Eaves again too, one of my favourite writers, with a new book, This Is Paradise, out next month.
Filed under writing
this & that
LitFic in crisis, Lars lyer at The White Review (via the always-interesting The Practise of Writing). Owen Hatherly on the “mechanical sublime” in the context of the Lloyds building, with an interesting contribution from Lewism in the comments. I like … Continue reading
Filed under books & reviews, empty space, writing
worlds of england
Tom, the central character of Jonathan Raban’s novel Waxwings (2003), is the child of East European immigrants living in Essex. When he reads Swallows and Amazons, he realises that England is “another country”. The street in which he lives is … Continue reading
