Re: RARA-AVIS: re: Kem Nunn
Mark Sullivan (ANONYMEINC@webtv.net)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:49:33 -0500 (EST)
I bought, but haven't yet read the latest Kem Nunn, but I can
attest to
his earlier books, especially Unassigned Territories. I'm not
sure it
really fits into the subject matter of this list, though. It is
more of
a "slipstream" novel -- as I understand it, a post-cyberpunk
category
for slightly out there experiences within the realm of real
life, in
other words there is a lot of talk about aliens and UFOs, but
it's never
resolved whether or not they really exist. Slipstream's kinda
like
science fiction writers writing about occurences in the
contemporary
world from a slightly skewed perspective, like some of the
books by Rudy
Rucker, Lewis Shiner, Stephen Wright, etc. As you can probably
tell,
I'm not really up on my science fiction. Ted, am I even close
in my
definition?
Still, I guess Unassigned Territories does have one element
in common
with our stuff -- guy and a girl hit the road, with a bunch
of people
after them, like Badlands, Natural Born Killers, etc. and,
one of my
favorites, Love and a .45.
It's an odd book, but I think it's great.
Mark
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