Ian Sales
Autore di Adrift on the Sea of Rains
Serie
Opere di Ian Sales
Alt Hist Issue 1 3 copie
The Amber Room 1 copia
Words Beyond the Veil 1 copia
Faith 1 copia
Thicker Than Water 1 copia
Black Rain 1 copia
Flip the Switch 1 copia
Barker 1 copia
Disambiguation 1 copia
A Cold Dish 1 copia
The Sands of Time 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Sales, Ian
- Data di nascita
- 1966-03-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK
- Relazioni
- Sriduangkaew, Benjanun (associate)
- Agente
- John Jarrold
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 23
- Opere correlate
- 7
- Utenti
- 340
- Popolarità
- #70,096
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 42
- ISBN
- 29
- Preferito da
- 4
Sales doesn't so much break the fourth wall as methodically grind it into micron-thick particles of moondust. His intrusions into the text subvert the narrative to the extent that it ends up being more like an essay than a story. The lack of an ending — or maybe the historical story arc — have a similar effect. It's painstakingly researched, but sometimes the research shows through gaudily:
"This is no science fiction spaceship launch, this is the real thing. There are very few examples she can recall from movies, Hollywood has yet to embrace science fiction, despite such 1920s classics as Metropolis and Frau im Mond".
This excerpt covers my other gripe too, which is Sales' terminal addiction to the comma splice. A sentence without one comes as a shock, like an underdog suddenly landing a counterpunch. Still, I enjoyed this short novel for its fresh perspective and real-feeling period atmosphere. From other reviews it sounds like a familiarity with the first three books in the Quartet would increase my enjoyment of it.… (altro)