Tommy

Murdoch’s classic tropes in a Dostoevskian small town defined by its mystical natural spring. Full of fascinating parallels, lovable and hateable characters, and those unique moments of reflection that define her work.

deep future worldbuilding for fans of wolfe’s book of the new sun. fascinating setting in the base of a derelict space elevator. multivoiced, funny characters. worth the challenge.

felt a bit condensed and rushed especially nearing the end, but still a solid entertaining piece of corny 90s sci fi

murdoch’s turn of the screw. loved the dark spooky house, violet evercreech, and the undeniably fascinating hannah (about whom i def have some theories). suitably inscrutable, interior, and disorienting.

the ramblings of an insane old guy. a dickensian morality play with no moral center. nevertheless beautiful and inspiring compassion

it’s like if virginia woolf wrote an agatha christie novel

the book of the new sun is one of my favorites of all time. a huge, fascinating world paired with a narrator too emotionally and intellectually stunted to accurately describe much of it. built for reading and re-reading as u unlock its secrets along with severian

another tchaikovsky triumph. genuinely thought provoking while being narratively gripping

tchaikovsky is at his best here marshaling a creative, diverse array of characters through a unique, exciting fantasy world