Entirely too much time has passed since I read Francis Spufford’s wonderful first novel (after five mostly non-fictional books, of which it has so far only been my pleasure to read Red Plenty) Golden Hill for me to be able to do it anything approaching justice. Nevertheless, a few words. The story is set in …
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Sep 28 2019
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
- By Doug Merrill in Doug, Fabulous Ones, Historical Fiction
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September 28, 2019
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May 07 2017
“The City Born Great” by N.K. Jemisin
- By Doug Merrill in Doug, Short Stories, Urban Fantasy
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May 7, 2017
“The City Born Great” by N.K. Jemisin should win this year’s Hugo for short story. The conceit of the story is that great human cities have a life of their own. Maybe that life awakens quickly, maybe it takes centuries or millennia, but at some point the genius loci becomes a thing in itself. Birth …
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