Nick Harkaway On The First Chapter Of The Gone Away World

29 Aug 2008
It's very interesting to see Nick Harkaway's analysis of the first chapter of The Gone Away World.

What I wanted my first pages to tell you was: this is going to be a wild ride! Fasten your seat belt, put on your life jacket, and put your earplugs in. Stick with me, I'm going to show you some great stuff. So starting with Gonzo Lubitsch as a five year old... that just seemed like an awfully big ask. I think that opening says: this here is a serious generational novel, and it's going to take you a while, but you'll be a better person for reading it.

I'm on the - start with chapter two side of the fence.

Posted by James on Friday, August 29, 2008 at 12:31 PM

Filed in and tagged ,

Related Entries

Leave a comment

(Required)
(Required)

Recent Entries

  • Bruce Sterling - The Hypersurface of this Decade

    Iconeye Magazine have posted a short story by Bruce Sterling online, called The Hypersurface Of This Decade. Well, it's more a vignette than a story...

  • Books Which Arrived Via Father Christmas

    Some very lovely books arrived at my house on Christmas Day via the magic of Father Christmas and his Flying Reindeer. The books relevant to...

  • Makers by Cory Doctorow

    Makers by Cory Doctorow is about, amongst other things, people who make stuff. The story follows two makers Perry and Lester, a blogger/ journalist Suzanne, and a couple...

  • Being Human Trailer

    Being Human will return to BBC3 on Sunday 10th January at 9:30pm.Embedded below is a new trailer which is playing on the BBC channels quite...

  • The Doctor's TODO List T-Shirt

    So the current series of Doctor Who has ended. New Doctor, new priorities? Time for a TODO list. You can buy it from the UK...


Close