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M. John Harrison


Born
in Warwickshire, The United Kingdom
July 26, 1945

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aka Gabriel King (with Jane Johnson)

Michael John Harrison, known for publication purposes primarily as M. John Harrison, is an English author and literary critic. His work includes the Viriconium sequence of novels and short stories, Climbers, and the Kefahuchi Tract trilogy, which consists of Light, Nova Swing and Empty Space.
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As I get old and knackered, writing–or even thinking abou...

As I get old and knackered, writing–or even thinking about writing–seems to require more time for the same amount of product. Other aspects of the trade crowd in. So in an attempt to give myself a little bit more space, the comments here will be closed at least until I decide how to face-lift the blog.

I’ll still post here about about work in progress, also publishing news that you won’t be able to

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Average rating: 3.69 · 34,930 ratings · 3,873 reviews · 110 distinct worksSimilar authors
Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1)

3.60 avg rating — 6,661 ratings — published 2002 — 41 editions
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Viriconium (Viriconium, #1-4)

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3.82 avg rating — 2,680 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions
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Nova Swing (Kefahuchi Tract...

3.63 avg rating — 2,313 ratings — published 2006 — 32 editions
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The Sunken Land Begins to R...

3.38 avg rating — 2,017 ratings — published 2020 — 14 editions
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The Pastel City (Viriconium...

3.77 avg rating — 1,782 ratings — published 1971 — 25 editions
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The Centauri Device

3.36 avg rating — 1,836 ratings — published 1974 — 25 editions
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Empty Space: A Haunting (Ke...

3.81 avg rating — 1,091 ratings — published 2012 — 23 editions
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The Course of the Heart

3.70 avg rating — 1,030 ratings — published 1992 — 19 editions
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A Storm of Wings (Viriconiu...

3.73 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 1980 — 10 editions
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Climbers

4.03 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions
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Light Nova Swing Empty Space: A Haunting
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Quotes by M. John Harrison  (?)
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“Identity is not negotiable. An identity you have achieved by agreement is always a prison.”
M. John Harrison, Things That Never Happen

“Budapest is a prime site for dreams: the East’s exuberant vision of the West, the West’s uneasy hallucination of the East. It is a dreamed-up city; a city almost completely faked; a city invented out of other cities, out of Paris by way of Vienna — the imitation, as Claudio Magris has it, of an imitation.”
M. John Harrison, The Course of the Heart

“Happiness and beauty are the worst things you can have in a life, because you never forget them. They go on and on ambushing you, presumably until you die.”
M. John Harrison, Signs of Life

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FEBRUARY FANTASY: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run-off poll for the February 2014 Fantasy Book-of-the-month.

 
  21 votes, 24.4%

 
  19 votes, 22.1%

 
  13 votes, 15.1%

 
  12 votes, 14.0%

 
  11 votes, 12.8%

 
  7 votes, 8.1%

 
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Topics Mentioning This Author

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SciFi and Fantasy...: What else are you reading in December 2009? 72 270 Feb 17, 2010 10:30AM  
Beyond Reality: Nominations for June! 18 94 Mar 25, 2010 07:38AM  
Beyond Reality: Nominations for July! 9 74 Apr 29, 2010 10:03AM  
Beyond Reality: Welcome to May! 3 42 May 02, 2010 11:28AM  
Beyond Reality: Welcome to June! 1 31 Jun 01, 2010 09:43AM  
Beyond Reality: This topic has been closed to new comments. What are you reading in June 2010? 83 92 Jul 01, 2010 07:26AM  
Beyond Reality: Welcome to July! 1 33 Jul 01, 2010 07:57AM  
Beyond Reality: 2010-07 LIGHT - finished reading (spoilers) 17 46 Jul 17, 2010 10:14AM  


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