Great Realizations
Not “Great Expectations” but “GreatRealizations.” Published at the close of the twentieth century, the penultimate book in theNew Ageseries is set not, like Dickens’s novel, in the previous century but in the following century, which is now our own – the century that, as Hood announced long ago (see...
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| Published in | Canadian Odyssey p. 167 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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11.03.2002
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| Summary: | Not “Great Expectations” but “GreatRealizations.” Published at the close of the twentieth century, the penultimate book in theNew Ageseries is set not, like Dickens’s novel, in the previous century but in the following century, which is now our own – the century that, as Hood announced long ago (see Fulford 68 ), is the new age alluded to in the overall title. Like its immediate predecessor,Dead Men’s Watches, this novel tells two stories that interconnect at various levels. One, on an international (indeed, interplanetary) level, is an account of the first manned space flight to Mars, presented |
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| ISBN: | 0773523448 9780773523449 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9780773570085-016 |