Palimpsest
Format: audiobook
ASIN: B003ZTW6KA
Publish date: August 15th 2010
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Adult,
Speculative Fiction,
Contemporary,
Steampunk,
Magical Realism,
Weird Fiction,
New Weird
It's odd that, in trying to figure out how to explain this book, I first have to figure out exactly what is the sexually transmitted disease. It's not citizenship in the strange city of Palimpsest - that has to be earned. It's not passage to the city, as that has to be achieved, every time someone g...
a fever dream of a novel. Four strangers mysteriously find their way to a very strange city, in their dreams, apparently. The city is described in delirious prose that almost feels drug induced. The strangers can only get there by having sex with someone who's already been there and has a tattoo, a ...
‘It's been a long time coming. It's going to be a long time gone’. This lyric sums up my experience with Palimpsist. I can’t remember the last time a read a book that actually seemed to fight for its ambiguity. I have been reading fantasy and such for many, many years and this book takes license wit...
Reseña de: Palimpsest, de Catherynne M. Valente. ¿Cómo lo haces, Catherynne M. Valente? ¿Cómo? La premisa del libro es interesante de por si: Una ciudad que es transmitida sexualmente. Si, así como suena. Una vez que estás "infectado" puedes comenzar a experimentar esta ciudad en sueños. Y e...
I absolutely love the premise of this story, however it never fully drew me in to its intent of ephemeral and transient fantasy.
11 years ago
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