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Tag Archives: science fiction
Forthcoming: Radiant Terminus by Antoine Volodine
Antoine Volodine’s radioactive phantasmagoria, in which futuristic communism is intertwined with the magic of East Slavic oral traditions, is forthcoming from Open Letter Books in Jeffrey Zuckerman’s translation. You might remember that I mentioned this novel among the most notable … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Forthcoming Translations
Tagged Antoine Volodine, French, Radiant Terminus, science fiction, Terminus Radieux
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The Troiacord (El Troiacord) by Miquel de Palol
This review is the culmination of a decade-long obsession. I first encountered the name of Miquel de Palol in a book on contemporary Spanish literature in which there wasn’t a word on The Troiacord, his major work. This reticence, as I … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Reviews
Tagged Catalan, dodecahedron, El Troiacord, fourth dimension, ludism, Miquel de Palol, Neoplatonism, Plato, Platonic solids, polyhedra, science fiction, Timaeus
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