As Others See Us Of The Day

[coalescent]

Noodling around on Amazon, I stumble upon the paperback of Lydia Millet's Oh Pure and Radiant Heart. It does not say "nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award" on the cover; instead, the uncredited "synopsis" concludes:

"Oh Pure and Radiant Heart" is no more a SF novel than "The Time-Traveller's Wife". Instead, it is a powerful and original fiction of responsibility and guilt, today's America, and the peculiar terrors of our nuclear world.

However, customers who bought this item also bought Gradisil, Nova Swing, and Hav (and the paperback for the latter carries an Ursula le Guin blurb, which suggests they're not ignoring the sf market, at least). Ha.

Comments

[veggiesu.livejournal.com]

Almost certainly :-) Although I'm probably in the minority over *which* of her value judgements I strongly disagree with :-p

[bibliolicious.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I think my co-blogger Vicky would agree.

[pigeonhed.livejournal.com]

I claim a hat-trick!

[abigail-n.livejournal.com]

Actually, I suspect there are more NLMG-lovers than TTTW-lovers or OP&RH-lovers in this thread.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

My guess would actually be that TTTW is more loved than NLMG is more loved than OP&RH; But clearly this calls for a poll.