We are all Autistic

01 Aug 2004
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon - David Fickling Books 2003
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With the exception of the Booker, this book has won just about every literary award going, so I came to it with high expectations. Fortunately, with one minor exception, I was not disappointed.
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Alternative Peace

12 Aug 2004
The Separation - Christopher Priest - Gollancz 2004
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One of Christopher Priest's recurring themes has been the clashes between differing perceptions of reality, so I suppose it was only a matter of time before he got round to writing an out and out alternate world novel. Given my general dislike of things military and the fact that several other writers have done it before (Philip K. Dick's "The Man in the High Castle", Robert Harris' "Fatherland"), I was disappointed that he chose World War 2 as his theme, but fortunately he has done a good job.
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