RE: RARA-AVIS: JDM's "All These Condemned" and literary devices

From: Mark Sullivan (DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net)
Date: 19 Aug 2010

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    Well, I guess it's not officially multiple points of view, as it is in third person. It is formulaic, not as a quality statement, but as in a form is filled out about each: where coming from, where going, age, etc. it is definitely readable as series of character sketches. It originally appeared on the internet, as Ryman added the passengers individually; I'm not sure what kind of schedule he did it on, as I read it in book form. Mark

    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > From: jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com
    > Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:54:36 +0000
    > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: JDM's "All These Condemned" and literary devices
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    > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Mark Sullivan <DJ-Anonyme@...> wrote:
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    > > Geoff Ryman did a similar thing in 253, where he devotes two pages to each of the 253 passengers in a subway train, I guess that should be the tube, as it's set in London's Underground, that is about to crash.
    > > Mark
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    > That sounds like a record of multiple points of view... Is the book readable, though?
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    > Best,
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    > mrt
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