Robert Charles WIlson Novels

Robert Charles Wilson, science fiction beyond utopia

Science fiction is a metaphor for the present. In the guise of projecting the reader into imaginary universes, sci-fi talks to us about ourselves. without cutting us off from reality. This way, it is utopia’s continuity, because since Thomas More it is about something else than portraying an exotic way of life for its exoticism. …

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Michael Marshall Smith Intruders

Beyond Intruders : the novels of Michael Marshall Smith

I discovered the work of Michael Marshall Smith while discovering the Intruders series. His novels remarkably blend genres: science fiction, crime, horror and philosophical speculation, with an influence of Philip K. Dick which fades as the writings gain in maturity and personality. The texts of this great writer are thus difficult to classify or rank …

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Ramp Oughtibridge Album

Ambient music from elsewhere

some album reviews to shine a light on artists or albums maybe too little known, or which in any case deserve a special mention because of the truly creative dimension of their music: Chronotope project, Stephen Parsick, Proton Kinoun / Kasper Weensgaard, Pjusk and a Steve Roach's album, The Delicate Forever.