Reed, Brunner, Gladwell

[ecbatan]

Books Considered: Julian Comstock, by Robert Charles Wilson; The World Swappers, by John Brunner; The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell

It's been a while since I've posted -- sorry! One reason is that I spent a week in the Baltimore area on business. But mostly I've just been busy with regular review assignments. Anyway, a pretty good variety of

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[lnhammer]

You say it's not a high-concept novel, but from your potted summary it sounds like a skiffy retelling of the early career of Julian the Apostate.

---L.

[ecbatan]

Apparently it is a retelling of the career of Julian the Apostate. So here's the part where I confess my abject lack of knowledge of that part of Roman history ... and run off to Wikipedia.

Still, I have to say, I still don't call that "high concept". Not like THE CHRONOLITHS, for example, is high concept. Interesting and worthwhile, yes. But high concept? Not to my mind. Still a very fine novel.