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- Title
The Boom's Near Future.
- Authors
O'Connell, Hugh Charles
- Abstract
The article presents literary criticism of the book "The Execution Channel" by Ken MacLeod and the "Bold as Love" series of novels by Gwyneth Jones, including the books "Castles Made of Sand" and "Midnight Lamp". It explores the roles of magic and utopian possibility in British science-fiction portrayals of the near future as of 2013. Topics discussed include late capitalism, imagination, and crisis.
- Subjects
EXECUTION Channel, The (Book); CASTLES Made of Sand (Book); MIDNIGHT Lamp (Book); MACLEOD, Ken; JONES, Gwyneth, 1952-; SCIENCE fiction; FUTURE in literature; UTOPIAS in literature
- Publication
CR: The New Centennial Review, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 2, p67
- ISSN
1532-687X
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.14321/crnewcentrevi.13.2.0067