In a world at war, the Dream Archipelago marks a neutral zone, a lure to the young men on both sides of the conflict. In this interlinked collection of stories, Christopher Priest explores war, relationships and forms of reality.
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In a world at war, the Dream Archipelago is a neutral zone, and therefore an alluring prospect to the young men on both sides of the conflict. In this interlinked collection of short stories and novellas, Christopher Priest explores war, relationships and forms of reality. Each tales is a truimph of quiet, steady craftsmanship, a model of ingenious design and subtle implication, and as a group they further enrich each other by interlocking cleverly, symmetrically and sometimes sinisterly.
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Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel THE PRESTIGE is unique in winning both a major literary prize (the James Tait Black Award) and a major genre prize (The World Fantasy Award); THE SEPARATION won both the Arthur C Clarke and the British Science Fiction Awards. He was selected for the original Best of Young British Novelists in1983.
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Mysterious and Other Worldly
9. Januar 2005
Von Mike Fazey
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The Dream Archipelago is a collection of five longish stories plus a short introductory piece which sets the context and describes this strange world and the time vortex which hangs over it. All the stories are set among the islands, a neutral zone amid an ongoing war. It is indeed a strange place where misfortune of one sort or another befalls each of the stories' main characters. There are several war-related themes (the politics of war, artistic expression in wartime, the victimisation of women) but it would be wrong to say that the stories are about war per se. Sexuality is a strong theme running through all the stories, and the tension between the native islanders and the various visitors and expatriates from the warring nations reflect social and interpersonal issues which are as relevant today as when the stories were first published (1978-80). The most interesting story is the final one, 'The Watched', which concerns an unusual tribe of refugees and their uncanny resistance to all attempts to observe their customs and everyday lives.
The islands of The Dream Archipelago show up again in Priest's later novel The Affirmation, where they become a surreal alternate reality for the troubled protagonist. Whilst perhaps not quite as surreal here, the islands are certainly strange. In typical Priest style, there are no neat endings to these stories, no firm resolutions, no explanations. The effect is rather like a series of strange dreams which you can't quite recall in detail, but which lurk darkly in your mind for some time afterwards. If you like your literature a little other-worldly, you'll enjoy The Dream Archipelago. It's also a good introduction to Priest for the uninitiated.
The islands of The Dream Archipelago show up again in Priest's later novel The Affirmation, where they become a surreal alternate reality for the troubled protagonist. Whilst perhaps not quite as surreal here, the islands are certainly strange. In typical Priest style, there are no neat endings to these stories, no firm resolutions, no explanations. The effect is rather like a series of strange dreams which you can't quite recall in detail, but which lurk darkly in your mind for some time afterwards. If you like your literature a little other-worldly, you'll enjoy The Dream Archipelago. It's also a good introduction to Priest for the uninitiated.
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The Dirty Dream Archipelago
11. Mai 2013
Von Kenneth G. Ira
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There's an excellent review for this book on GoodReads. When I reached the point where the reviewer there had strategically deployed the two words "slap bass", I completely lost it. About half of this book cries out (in ecstasy, surely) for a sleazy soundtrack heavily featuring slap bass. The other half of the book is subdued Ballardian slipstream scifi, done okay for the most part, but Priest insists on inserting (sorry) all these dirty bits in, as if he thought he needed them to keep the reader awake. These repeated ... "interpolations" is the word I'll use this time ... reach the point of hilarity in "The Watchers", a story with an excellent premise that would have been smothered by a thousand pairs of bosoms even if it hadn't already been drowned out by all the heavy breathing of the pervy protagonist. Christopher Priest has done a lot better elsewhere. I say skip this one and wait for the Skinemax adaptation.
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