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Pat Murphy
In case you missed it. My From The Attic column this month is on Pat Murphy
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a matter of oaths
New review of Helen Wright's A Matter Of Oaths on http://performativeutterance.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/a-matter-of-oaths/ -
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I review Lisa Goldstein's first new novel in 9 years over at http://performativeutterance.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/the-uncertain-places/Read more... ) -
Grace After Midnight
A review of Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson from The Wire's memoir http://performativeutterance.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/grace-after-midnight/ -
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Over at http://performativeutterance.wordpress.com I've started posting reviews mostly of SF books, with some opinions, and music.
Already there are reviews of Josephine Saxton, Leigh Kennedy, Zenna Henderson, Jacob Polley, and others. Have a look Leave a commentThe Women Of Solaris
A piece about the failure of representation in Solaris Books
http://performativeutterance.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/the-women-of-solaris/The City & The City
In which I demonstrate why The City & The City doesn't work because it can't work http://performativeutterance.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/the-city-the-naked-city/Asylum seeking Daleks -- Attila The Stockbroker
ASYLUM SEEKING DALEKS ( Read more... )alternative title
Is it still Alternative History when a story makes no substantive changes to known historical record but imagines what might have occurred beyond the point where no definitive record exists? Or is that something else? E.g. Agatha Christie's missing days could be explored speculatively without divergence from existing history.