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Re:M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to w... by lproven on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:01AM (#50437769)
> I haven't enjoyed any of the other M John Harrison books I tried

100% this.

I like the man and he's a great public speaker. I do not get on with his novels at all, from In Viriconium to a few decades later when everyone loved Light so I gave his "SF" another try.

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Re:M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to w... by duggan on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:08AM (#50438182)
I read a good bit of Light, I had the sense that it was probably very clever but just not for me. Too gloomy.

I also began to suspect it was more magical realism than science fiction. Perhaps an incorrect diagnosis, but made me lose interest.

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Re:M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to w... by MattPalmer1086 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @03:36AM (#50451021)
Same for me. Not sure about magical realism, but I also found it was not pushing my sci fi buttons. It felt like something else set in a sci fi world.
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