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Posts Tagged ‘distopian writing’

The Unfortunate Fursey - Mervyn Wall

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

A medieval Irish monastery under siege by the forces of darkness, who find their breach in the cell of the unfortunate brother Fursey, a monk blessed with a stammer who thus can’t adequately perform the rites of exorcism required to keep the monastery safe. 

The premise alone, regardless of the excellent execution, should be enough to [...]

Imagining Italy - A state of Denmark vs Steal You Away

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Derek Raymond, the English noir writer whom Interpol knew better as Robin Cook, could spell in at least two languages, as his dystopian novel A State of Denmark proves. Leave aside comparisons to Orwell, with the novel’s imagined totalitarian England run by a media-backed dictator called Jobling, and instead concentrate on the words frazione, presa, [...]