Bluejo's Journal

Another mixed bag of Farthing Reviews.
I am home.

American Heritage Magazine, which is apparently cool and mainstream and prestigious, though I couldn't find a copy in Minneapolis airport, have a long, thoughtful and historically well-informed review of both Farthing and Priest's The Separation (which I haven't read) and say that Farthing is at first charming and finally harrowing. Thanks to Cat of Green Man and Michael Walsh of Old Earth Books for drawing this to my attention, because I'd probably never have found it otherwise.

Possibly my favourite description of Farthing of all time in

cassiphone's review a fine-edged chisel wrapped in a buttered crumpet.

Strange Horizons think it's unsubtle and there's also a long comment there that thinks it's cliched.

Christian Sauve is fairly positive with reservations and clearly also knows fewer gay people than I do. I still don't know what's with that. I expect Samuel Delany has this problem all the time, eh?