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(1936- )
A.S. Byatt is the pseudonym of Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, who was born and grew up in Sheffield, England. Byatt was educated at Oxford and Cambridge. In 1990, her novel Possession won the Man Booker Prize. In addition to nine other novels, she has published several collections of short stories, including The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye and Elementals; Stories of Fire and Ice, and won numerous awards. For more information about this author, visit A.S. Byatt’s website.
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Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
[In our Edge of the Universe column, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us.]
An historical mystery, a bittersweet love story, an exploration of myths and fairytales, a tribute to the power of books, and a beautiful, delicate style of prose all makes A.S. Byatt’s Possession: A Romance an intriguing,
Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 5 | A.S. Byatt | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 7 comments |
The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye by A.S. Byatt
[At The Edge of the Universe, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us. Today we have two reviews of A.S. Byatt’s The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye.]
The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye is a collection of five stories,
Kelly Lasiter and Marion Deeds´s rating: 4.5 | A.S. Byatt | Edge, Mythopoeic Award, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt
This is an immensely difficult book to review, simply because the vast majority of casual readers probably won’t automatically enjoy The Children’s Book. It is a dense, complex, ambitious, challenging novel that is not so much a story as it is a detailed portrait of a family, a community and an era. Stretching from 1895 to 1919 and set predominantly in the Kent countryside, A.S. Byatt‘s saga contains no central character or predominant plotline; instead it chronicles the historical,
Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 3.5 | A.S. Byatt | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: Octavia Butler
We’re in total agreement David!
I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.
COMMENT Was I hinting that? I wasn't aware of it. But now that you mention it.... 🤔
So it sounds like you're hinting Fox may have had three or so different incomplete stories that he stitched together,…