Unexpectedly wonderful to read Scarlett Thomas's Our Tragic Universe, a book that brims with compassion and warmth.
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From a Dickensian state-of-the-nation novel to a wildly original summer thriller, these are BBC Culture's picks of the best fiction of the year so far.
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Thomas' most recent novel, The Seed Collectors, has been out for months in the UK, but has no US publisher.
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Our Tragic Universe is an accomplished novel, but how much you enjoy it depends on whether you like a journey or prefer the satisfaction of reaching a...
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Thomas's novels are about one thing – although in fact, they never are – it would be this issue of the universe's meaningfulness.
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Scarlett Thomas's poignant and layered meditation on the Quantified Self cannot find a publisher in America. But readers here are being denied a thoughtful and...
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Devonshire, England, serves as the backdrop for a slew of vaguely unhappy characters. The narrator, Meg, is a writer and book reviewer...
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“Zero History” is Gibson's third novel to feature Bigend, the Belgian micromanagement freak who runs the viral marketing and coolhunting agency Blue Ant.
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So come on then, what's your superpower? You must have one — everyone does. And who is your nemesis? What's your origin story?
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Lethal yet miraculous seed pods, and a yoga retreat called Namaste House, lie at the heart of this exhausting blend of mystery and intrigue.
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Gavin Lambert tells Nick Hasted why he likes to be an Englishman in LA.
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Scarlett Thomas enjoys a breathtakingly unpredictable anti-novel.
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Scarlett Thomas relishes a debut novel that messes with reality.
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Lionel Shriver should have left her early novel unpublished, thinks Scarlett Thomas.
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Scarlett Thomas finds Douglas Coupland's new novel enjoyable if a little familiar.
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Logan Hartnett – aka "The Long Fella", "H", "the Albino", or sometimes just "the 'Bino" – gaunt, stylish and with great taste in shoes,...
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Scarlett Thomas is overwhelmed by an eccentric American family.
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In Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Avengers will take on one of the most powerful beings the Marvel universe has ever seen.
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As the terrible news of Andrew Koenig's suicide and Michael Blosil leaping to his death, both after long depressive bouts, emerged over the...
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