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  • Christopher Priest (1943-2024)

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 3 15:39:35 2024
    Nina Allan reports the death of award-winning SF author Christopher
    Priest.

    https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=6855
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  • From Joe Pfeiffer@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Sat Feb 3 20:36:03 2024
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) writes:

    Nina Allan reports the death of award-winning SF author Christopher
    Priest.

    https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=6855

    That's really bad news -- his books always had interesting ideas, though
    it seemed like they were fatally flawed.

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  • From Titus G@21:1/5 to Joe Pfeiffer on Sun Feb 4 17:43:44 2024
    On 4/02/24 16:36, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) writes:

    Nina Allan reports the death of award-winning SF author Christopher
    Priest.

    https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=6855

    That's really bad news -- his books always had interesting ideas, though
    it seemed like they were fatally flawed.

    I don't know what you mean by that.
    The only ones I have read are _Prestige_ , brilliant, 4 stars and _The Islanders_ which, although not without interest, I didn't understand as
    much as I felt I should and put it aside to be re-read but have not. Too
    many loose ends and too jumbly but enjoyable whilst reading only on the surface.

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  • From David Duffy@21:1/5 to William Hyde on Sun Feb 4 22:35:31 2024
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 11:43:54???PM UTC-5, Titus G wrote:
    On 4/02/24 16:36, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
    jdni...@panix.com (James Nicoll) writes:

    Nina Allan reports the death of award-winning SF author Christopher
    Priest.

    https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=6855

    That's really bad news -- his books always had interesting ideas, though >> > it seemed like they were fatally flawed.
    I don't know what you mean by that.
    The only ones I have read are _Prestige_ , brilliant, 4 stars and _The
    Islanders_ which, although not without interest, I didn't understand as
    much as I felt I should and put it aside to be re-read but have not. Too
    many loose ends and too jumbly but enjoyable whilst reading only on the
    surface.

    Flaws to some are features to others. When traveling Frost's trail, Priest took neither the left nor the right fork, but rather one of Lovecraft's non-Euclidian ones.
    tractricoid, apparently

    William Hyde

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