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by Christopher Priest
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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 5 years ago
“Living is not an art, but to write of life is. Life is a series of accidents and anticlimaxes, misremembered and misunderstood, with lessons only dimly learned. Life is disorganized, lacks shape, lacks story.”In “The Affirmation” by Christopher PriestA Priest book isn't just a (SF) book. It is the ...
Noel's Blog
Noel's Blog rated it 7 years ago
Peter Sinclair has broken up with his girlfriend, lost his job, and is miserable. He has moved from London to the country to renovate a house for a family friend while he tries to rebuild his life. He starts to write a book about... Peter Sinclair has won the lottery and left his home city of Jeth...
AC
AC rated it 12 years ago
This is closer to 4 then 3 stars, but I've decided at this point - having just finished it -- to downgrade it. The book began with a brilliant and brilliantly inventive premise -- and carried it through 2/3rds of the way; but the author then couldn't see any clear resolution to it, and so began an e...
FriedEgg
FriedEgg rated it 14 years ago
This book resists all efforts to define and pin it down. I would say that essentially this is a story of a man and his troubled relationship with the people around him, in particular his lover Glacia, and most importantly his self. But there are elements and themes that one might well find in SF or ...
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