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Trance
Book by Fielding, Joy
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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Joy Fielding
121 books2,185 followersJoy Fielding (née Tepperman; born March 18, 1945) is a Canadian novelist and actress. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she graduated from the University of Toronto in 1966, with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. As Joy Tepperman, she had a brief acting career, appearing in the film Winter Kept Us Warm (1965) and in an episode of Gunsmoke. She later changed her last name to Fielding (after Henry Fielding) and began writing novels.
Fielding is also the screenwriter of the television film Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story.
At the age of 8, Joy Tepperman wrote her first story and sent it into a local magazine, and at age 12 sent in her first TV script, however both were rejected. She had a brief acting career, eventually giving it up to write full-time in 1972. She has published to date 22 novels, two of which were converted into film. Fielding's process of having an idea to the point the novel is finished generally takes a year, the writing itself taking four to eight months. Joy Fielding sets most of her novels in American cities such as Boston and Chicago. She has said that she prefers to set her novels in "big American cities, [as the] landscape seems best for [her] themes of urban alienation and loss of identity. Fielding is a Canadian citizen. Her husband's name is Warren, and they have two daughters, Annie and Shannon. They have property in Toronto, Ontario, as well as Palm Beach, Florida.
Fielding had an interview with the Vancouver Sun in 2007, just after her publication of Heartstopper. She enjoys catching readers off guard with the endings of her stories, but insists that "[it] isn't what her fiction is about", but rather more about the development of her characters. Discussing her novels with the Toronto Star in 2008, she said "I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialog is good. And my stories are really involving. I'm writing exactly the kind of books I like to write. And they're the kind of books I like to read. They're popular commercial fiction. That's what they are."
Fielding has been noted as a novelist who is more popular in the United States and foreign countries, rather than in her native Canada. For example, the novel Kiss Mommy Goodbye was more popular in the States, and See Jane Run in Germany. In addition, she had an American agent and publisher, although she has now switched to a Canadian publisher.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she graduated from the University of Toronto in 1966, with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. As Joy Tepperman, she had a brief acting career, appearing in the film Winter Kept Us Warm (1965) and in an episode of Gunsmoke. She later changed her last name to Fielding (after Henry Fielding) and began writing novels.
Fielding is also the screenwriter of the television film Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story.
At the age of 8, Joy Tepperman wrote her first story and sent it into a local magazine, and at age 12 sent in her first TV script, however both were rejected. She had a brief acting career, eventually giving it up to write full-time in 1972. She has published to date 22 novels, two of which were converted into film. Fielding's process of having an idea to the point the novel is finished generally takes a year, the writing itself taking four to eight months. Joy Fielding sets most of her novels in American cities such as Boston and Chicago. She has said that she prefers to set her novels in "big American cities, [as the] landscape seems best for [her] themes of urban alienation and loss of identity. Fielding is a Canadian citizen. Her husband's name is Warren, and they have two daughters, Annie and Shannon. They have property in Toronto, Ontario, as well as Palm Beach, Florida.
Fielding had an interview with the Vancouver Sun in 2007, just after her publication of Heartstopper. She enjoys catching readers off guard with the endings of her stories, but insists that "[it] isn't what her fiction is about", but rather more about the development of her characters. Discussing her novels with the Toronto Star in 2008, she said "I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialog is good. And my stories are really involving. I'm writing exactly the kind of books I like to write. And they're the kind of books I like to read. They're popular commercial fiction. That's what they are."
Fielding has been noted as a novelist who is more popular in the United States and foreign countries, rather than in her native Canada. For example, the novel Kiss Mommy Goodbye was more popular in the States, and See Jane Run in Germany. In addition, she had an American agent and publisher, although she has now switched to a Canadian publisher.
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May 14, 2018
This was kind of on the ScienceFiction order -- or at least what I would consider S.F. Involved a cult-type organization which wanted to kill certain elements of the government, and used brainwashing techniques to accomplish this. Kind of long, and the ending was WAY too abrupt, but it held my interest for most of the story. I bought it on Amazon for a reasonable price, but her other two early books cost hundreds of dollars. Would like to read them, but not that much. If anyone would like to read TRANCE -- e mail me. I'll put it in the mail for only as much as the postage costs.
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August 12, 2016The senators daughter, three years ago they ravaged her body.
Now, they've come back for her mind. This is one of the few very early works by Joy now out of Print and very hard to find.
Now, they've come back for her mind. This is one of the few very early works by Joy now out of Print and very hard to find.
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September 24, 2011Not one of my favorites by Fielding.
August 13, 2018
One of the best thriller/horror novels I have ever read !! It captured my attention all the way through.Full of action,it doesn't get boring any single moment ! Shocking, frightening, it makes you feel anxious just what a great thriller novel needs !
Great characters, perfect plot, historical refferences and real events that occured in Chile of 1973, are some of the facts that make this novel really interesting.I definatelly got new knowledge after reading this book and also I got concerned about many political issues.I really enjoyed the amazing twists and turns and also the fact that there were so many characters which means much action.
My favourite character was Tommy Donaldson the deus ex machina and Kelly.
Great characters, perfect plot, historical refferences and real events that occured in Chile of 1973, are some of the facts that make this novel really interesting.I definatelly got new knowledge after reading this book and also I got concerned about many political issues.I really enjoyed the amazing twists and turns and also the fact that there were so many characters which means much action.
My favourite character was Tommy Donaldson the deus ex machina and Kelly.
March 16, 2019
Συμπαθητικό θριλερ που δείχνει όμως τα χρόνια του.
Μία κόρη γερουσιαστή βρίσκεται στη Χιλή κατά το πραξικόπημα του Πινοσέτ, συλλαμβάνεται και βασανίζεται. Τρία χρόνια μετά απάγεται και μία δημοσιογράφος, στην έρευνά της για να τη βρει, ανακαλύπτει μία οργάνωση που φαίνεται να ελέγχει το νου των μελών της με μεθόδους βασανηστηρίων και υποβολής.
Το βιβλίο έχει και σκηνές τρόμου που σφίγγουν στομάχια, και αρκετό μυστήριο και ανατροπές, αλλά η κεντρική ιδέα είναι απαρχαιωμένη (γράφτηκε πριν 40 χρόνια) και το ίδιο και το γράψιμο: υπερβολικά πολύ exposition που σκοτώνει την ένταση σε πολλές σκηνές.
Μία κόρη γερουσιαστή βρίσκεται στη Χιλή κατά το πραξικόπημα του Πινοσέτ, συλλαμβάνεται και βασανίζεται. Τρία χρόνια μετά απάγεται και μία δημοσιογράφος, στην έρευνά της για να τη βρει, ανακαλύπτει μία οργάνωση που φαίνεται να ελέγχει το νου των μελών της με μεθόδους βασανηστηρίων και υποβολής.
Το βιβλίο έχει και σκηνές τρόμου που σφίγγουν στομάχια, και αρκετό μυστήριο και ανατροπές, αλλά η κεντρική ιδέα είναι απαρχαιωμένη (γράφτηκε πριν 40 χρόνια) και το ίδιο και το γράψιμο: υπερβολικά πολύ exposition που σκοτώνει την ένταση σε πολλές σκηνές.
August 13, 2020
Αρκετά αργό και προβλέψιμο στην εξέλιξη του μυθιστόρημα ενώ και η θεματολογία του δεν διακρίνεται από καμία ιδιαιτερη πρωτοτυπία (έκδοση 1977). Είναι ένα θρίλερ που διαβάζεται πάντως σχετικά ευχάριστα χωρίς όμως τις ανατροπές που θα σε αιφνιδιασουν καθώς κυλάει αναμενόμενα με μικρές κορυφωσεις. Ίσως κάποιες περιγραφές "τραβουν" λίγο περισσότερο και αυτο αφαιρει κάποια κλικ από την ένταση τους. Έντονο το ψυχολογικό στοιχείο.
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