tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045486872620706747.post49041564926049233..comments2022-09-25T08:05:08.039-07:00Comments on The Numinous Book of Review: Heart Clock: by Dick MorlandJ McEvoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04041757652557198819noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045486872620706747.post-84828087536882291112014-08-25T15:15:51.318-07:002014-08-25T15:15:51.318-07:00I do actually mean to post more often, but a combi...I do actually mean to post more often, but a combination of laziness and life-crisis management combine to prevent me. Starting out I had intended to look at more contemporary material, such as stories in Interzone and Back Static and at Strange Horizons, etc. But no sooner did I set up than the quality of stuff published seemed to take a serious turn for the worse. Or perhaps I was looking at it through sudden different eyes. So I simply defaulted to what I like.<br /><br />I did download a copy of your latest but haven't yet had a chance to read through it; beyond peeking at some figurative captions which had me squinting and laughing.J McEvoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041757652557198819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045486872620706747.post-43347058303549794802014-08-22T11:04:06.863-07:002014-08-22T11:04:06.863-07:00I didn't know Steiner's book, but I will n...I didn't know Steiner's book, but I will now.<br /><br />Come to think of it, it's probably not such a bad thing after all that you only post a couple of times a month. Much more would cost me a fortune.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045486872620706747.post-14291225779595264072014-08-21T16:10:08.427-07:002014-08-21T16:10:08.427-07:00That is interesting. I'm not sure if you'v...That is interesting. I'm not sure if you've read George Steiner's Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. but that did just spring to mind as a possible variation. I Mengele seems a rather more scholarly choice, in that it presents something of the cultures wars of that history. <br /><br />I enjoyed New Model Army when I read it - I liked the idea more than the execution, and it went off in a direction that surprised me. Still it was the first novel by Roberts that I'd enjoyed since Salt. J McEvoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041757652557198819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045486872620706747.post-39248729156686190712014-08-21T15:57:29.933-07:002014-08-21T15:57:29.933-07:00Glad you liked it. I originally thought of it as a...Glad you liked it. I originally thought of it as a direct sequel to F21C, with a doddery Mengele caught up in an investigation of the supposed hoaxers; but in the end it didn't seem that there was enough mileage in it. I do have another story that might work in Nazi Britain, though.<br /><br />I have Adam Roberts' <i>New Model Army</i> on your recommendation from last month, by the way; but it'll have to wait a while, at least until I get through the second half of <i>Moby Dick</i>.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045486872620706747.post-52888908219947783222014-08-19T14:25:55.773-07:002014-08-19T14:25:55.773-07:00Cheers, Philip. Thanks for the tweet too. I hope y...Cheers, Philip. Thanks for the tweet too. I hope you're keeping well. True, I save my dystopias for British summers and my apocalypses for bank hols. The time of my life was reading Tucker's The Long Loud Silence on a dull Easter Monday. ;]<br /><br />I should have a look at I Mengele coming up in the near future. Enjoyed that - it shed some very interesting light on the world of F21C.J McEvoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041757652557198819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045486872620706747.post-12575669888264407692014-08-19T10:50:19.827-07:002014-08-19T10:50:19.827-07:00Well, that settles my nomination for Best Opening ...Well, that settles my nomination for Best Opening Sentence of the Month.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.com