Word: fictions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...family squabbling and greed, set forth with whimsical decorum. But not those familiar with the works of the author who wrote these 25 introductory words. Peter Taylor, 69, has acquired over four decades a formidable reputation and a small but fanatical following among those who care about American short fiction. For many, such Taylor stories as In the Miro District and The Old Forest have come to exemplify the current state of the art. The phenomenon of an established master attempting only his second novel, $ and his first in 36 years, is one that devotees will not want to miss...
LAST WEEK FICTION WEEK 1 IT, King...
With the lifting of many restrictions on scholarly work in recent years, "there is now a place for entertainment literature, fiction magazines, and Kung-fu movies which are wildly popular," said Hanan, a professor of Chinese literature at Harvard...
That novel saw a discontented American attempt to carve a new life in the Honduran tropics. O-Zone, Theroux's first venture into science fiction, is also a survival story. His 21st century America is a nation that has lived fast, aged young and offers life-support systems only to those who can afford them. That would be the Owners, an elite who inhabit high-rise fortresses in Manhattan. The armed towers keep out the "aliens," variously known as Starkies, Skells, Trolls and Roaches. They are part of a vast underclass, disinherited by global economic collapse and lingering radioactive wastes...
Theroux, always adept at following literary form, sticks to the basic rules of science fiction. The first is never invent the future, just extrapolate the present. The second: the hardware and social order should always be more impressive than the quality of life. O-Zone's projection of industrial society as a spreading toxic stain is not farfetched. Neither is its assumption of a self-sealed managerial elite, the establishment of airport- like security in the streets or even the possibility of renewal...