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Discussion: John Crowley It would appear no-one has commented about this Author. I think this book is one of the best I have read in 25 years of Sci-Fi and Fantasy. His other writings are also worth looking at. Flork on!!!! >>By flamencoprof I still think so! >>By flamencoprof Hello to Zauron & Distrust if they should find themselves here. >>By flamencoprof Well, havent read Little, Big, but I did read Daemonomania about a year and a half ago, and remember being disappointed. Dont know if anyone' read this or not, but it seemed like I spent the whole book waiting for something to be said. The whole premise was two (possibly many) separate timelines, with the "end of the world" happening concurrently in each. With the real idea, or explication being that history is an ongoing cycle, i.e. we've seen all this before, and probablly would have again except the world ends (btw thats not a spoiler, it says so on the book jacket). I don't remember getting much more out of it and the plot and characters didn't keep me long enough to save it. >>By Distrust Hi to FlamencoProf! Daemonomania is the third installment of a four part series starting with Aegypt. Although it can be read separately, I would very much suggest reading them in order. I understand Distrusts lack of enthusiasm for it - it is slow moving. but so is Mervyn Peake. What fascinates me with JC (and Mervyn P) is his style of writing, his prose, his way of phrasing, his recurrent themes intertwining themselves in and out of his text. Dream-reading. Also it helps to have a little background in the western hermetic history, occultism, kabbalah and such. John Dee is a strange character, you know :-) Try Little, Big. It is also slow, but very moving - once you get "into" his text, you're not coming back for a long time. It may be that JC is a writer of the type "either you like him, or you don't". Now waiting for the 4th and last book in the series. It will be a revelation. >>By klangwise A little off topic, but- I can't find information on the internet about foriegn language science fiction translated into english. At the Asimov's site several editors/publishers said that they rarely, if ever, are presented with any worth publishing. In fact Mr. Dozois, editor at Asimov's, said in all the years he's been working there he has only published one piece of Japanese work, and that a short poem. SCIENCE FICTION HAIKU!!! The most powerful man in the science fiction world isn't willing to represent the science fiction WORLD, only his own interests. >>By RAINTASTER I suspect Klangwise has abandoned this site, but I will reply. I read & loved Little, Big, purchased Aegypt, was also intrigued by Mr. Dee. All I can say is that "Little, Big" ranks in the top ten of my 100 faves of the past 46 years. >>By flamencoprof
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