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Has anyone read this rather fine book? I finished it earlier and it has to be one of the most refreshings reads I've had for a while. Jeffery Ford is certainly an author to keep an eye on! :)
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I agree. If you check out Guardian.co.uk/books you'll find that I reviewed it a while back. I met Ford last month. Great guy, too.
The review's also printed, in a slightly different form, in the forthcoming Wizardry and Wild Romance, in an appendix in which I recommend some contemporary writers, including VanderMeer and Bishop.Pre-order or Buy my latest titles in Europe:
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Just read your review and totally agree. Is The Physiognomy as good a read, then?Call me cockey, but if there\'s an alien I can\'t kill, I haven\'t met him and killed him yet!Comment
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Very different, but just as original and very good.Pre-order or Buy my latest titles in Europe:
The Whispering Swarm: Book One of the Sanctuary of the White Friars - The Laughter of Carthage - Byzantium Endures - London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction
Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles - Kizuna: Fiction for Japan - Modem Times 2.0 - The Sunday Books - The Sundered Worlds
Pre-order or Buy my latest titles in the USA:
The Laughter of Carthage - Byzantium Endures - London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction - The Sunday Books - Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles
Kizuna: Fiction for Japan - The Sundered Worlds - The Winds of Limbo - Modem Times 2.0 - Elric: Swords and RosesComment
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I really like Ford. The Physiognamy uses familiar elements to really do something new. I also like the short stories in The Fantasy Writer's Assistant. Good stuff.Comment
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I have just finished reading 'The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque', a superb read. I found it intriguing, compelling and very well written. It kept me guessing till the end.
I have rushed straight out and bought 'The Physiognomy', which if I enjoy half as much, I will be well satisfied.Comment
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