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British science fiction author Ian Watson was born in 1943. He received a first class Honors degree in English Literature in 1963 and a research degree in English and French 19th Century literature in 1965 from Balliol College, Oxford. After lecturing in literature and Futures Studies, he became a visa mer full-time author in 1976. His first novel, The Embedding, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the French Prix Apollo. His novel The Jonah Kit won the British Science Fiction Association Award and the Orbit Award. He worked with Stanley Kubrick on story development for the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence from 1990 to 1991. His poem True Love won the 2002 Rhysling Award from the Science Fiction Poetry Association. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Ian Watson

The Embedding (1973) — Författare — 435 exemplar
A.I. Artificial Intelligence [2001 film] (2001) — Screenwriter — 372 exemplar
The Jonah Kit (1975) 226 exemplar
The Martian Inca (1997) 207 exemplar
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories (2010) — Redaktör — 202 exemplar
Alien Embassy (1977) 198 exemplar
Miracle Visitors (1978) 188 exemplar
The Very Slow Time Machine (1973) 187 exemplar
Draco (1992) 183 exemplar
Queenmagic, Kingmagic (1986) 130 exemplar
The Inquisition War (2004) 126 exemplar
Deathhunter (1981) 118 exemplar
Under Heaven's Bridge (1980) — Författare — 111 exemplar
The Book of the River (1983) 104 exemplar
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars (2012) — Redaktör — 99 exemplar
Space Marine (1993) 98 exemplar
Harlequin (1995) 95 exemplar
The Gardens of Delight (1980) 91 exemplar
Chaos Child (1995) 90 exemplar
The Flies of Memory (1990) 81 exemplar
The Books of the Black Current (1985) 75 exemplar
The Book of the Stars (1984) 73 exemplar
God's World (1979) 69 exemplar
Chekhov's Journey (1983) 65 exemplar
The Book of Being (1985) 65 exemplar
Slow Birds (1985) 60 exemplar
Stalin's Teardrops (1991) 59 exemplar
Salvage Rites (1989) 53 exemplar
Hard Questions (1996) 47 exemplar
Afterlives (1986) — Editor, Contributor — 46 exemplar
The Fire Worm (1988) 44 exemplar
Whores of Babylon (1988) 43 exemplar
Oracle (1997) 40 exemplar
The Coming of Vertumnus (1989) 38 exemplar
Nanoware Time/The Persistence of Vision (1991) — Författare — 38 exemplar
Evil Water (1987) 37 exemplar
Mockymen (2003) 34 exemplar
Converts (1984) 32 exemplar
Changes (1983) — Redaktör — 31 exemplar
The Great Escape (2002) 31 exemplar
Sunstroke and Other Stories (1982) 24 exemplar
Orgasmachine (1976) 22 exemplar
The Butterflies of Memory (2005) 19 exemplar
The Book of Ian Watson (1985) 19 exemplar
The 1000 Year Reich (2016) 17 exemplar
Pictures at an Exhibition (1981) 17 exemplar
The Chinese Time Machine (2023) 17 exemplar
The Power (1987) 14 exemplar
The Beloved of My Beloved (2009) 13 exemplar
Waters of Destiny (2019) 11 exemplar
The Best of Ian Watson (2014) 11 exemplar
The Uncollected Ian Watson (2014) 11 exemplar
The Brain From Beyond (2016) 10 exemplar
Slow Birds [novelette] (1983) 8 exemplar
Happy Hour (1990) 7 exemplar
Meat (1988) 6 exemplar
Blair's War 4 exemplar
The Width Of The World (1983) 4 exemplar
Cold Light [short fiction] (1986) 4 exemplar
Ahead! 4 exemplar
Long Stay 3 exemplar
Life In The Groove (1992) 3 exemplar
The Rooms of Paradise (1978) 2 exemplar
Hijack Holiday [short story] (2001) 2 exemplar
Breakfast in Bed 2 exemplar
Red Squirrel 2 exemplar
In Golden Armour 2 exemplar
An Inspector Calls 2 exemplar
Spanish Fly 2 exemplar
The Talk of the Town (1991) 2 exemplar
One of Her Paths 2 exemplar
The Girl Who Was Art (1976) 2 exemplar
The Thousand Cuts 2 exemplar
On The Dream Channel Panel (1985) 2 exemplar
Gaudi's Dragon [novelette] (1990) 2 exemplar
The Human Chicken (1990) 2 exemplar
Why Pity ME? (1994) 2 exemplar
Caucus Winter 1 exemplar
Alicia 1 exemplar
Separate Lives 1 exemplar
The China Cottage 1 exemplar
Such dedication 1 exemplar
Timeflood {poem} 1 exemplar
Insight 1 exemplar
Dome of Whispers 1 exemplar
Returning Home 1 exemplar
Lover of Statues 1 exemplar
The Wild Hunt 1 exemplar
Sexmaschine [Kurzgeschichte] (1970) 1 exemplar
The Amber Room 1 exemplar
Bud [short story] 1 exemplar
The Artistic Touch 1 exemplar
Evil Water [novelette] (1987) 1 exemplar
In Her Shoes [short story] (1988) 1 exemplar
Memory Man & Other Poems (2014) 1 exemplar
White Socks [novelette] (1985) 1 exemplar
Ghost Lecturer [short story] (1984) 1 exemplar
Cruising [short story] (1983) 1 exemplar
Windows [novelette] (1986) 1 exemplar

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This was an interesting book but I found I could only handle it in small doses. Hence it took a long time for me to actually finish it. But that was just my experience - your experience of it may well be wildly different.

It's a collection of short stories, the first several of which are linked, with common characters and background, exploring a series of time machine excursions into the past from a relatively near-future Britain.

Early on, it felt to me like a smashing together of Harry Harrison's The Technicolout Time Machine with Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog. Later on, add some seasoning from Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds. You'll know when.

The author clearly has a love of language and the sound of language. A lot of this book would sound very good read aloud and absorbed in that way. It's very punnish in places.

The second half of the book, the non-Chinese time machine stories, didn't work as well for me. Some good ideas, but the style was becoming too intrusive to my ears by then. The Shakespearean pastiche story in particular I could not cope with.

But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
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Surtac | 10 andra recensioner | Feb 20, 2024 |
Overall I liked it but I didnt love it. The Chinese Time Machine is not exactly my favorite thing to its odd to write an in-depth review of it. For me it was the style of the writing. I just couldnt get into it. I have to give it a re-read. The stories overall were engaging and I enjoyed them but the style, for me, got in the way.
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modioperandi | 10 andra recensioner | Nov 15, 2023 |
A bit of slog and I gave up about 30% through. Interesting idea, but I found the style didn't mesh with me.
 
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bperry1397 | 10 andra recensioner | Nov 5, 2023 |

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Medlemmar
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Popularitet
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Recensioner
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ISBN
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