Alteration, The, by Amis, Kingsley

Good science fiction is not hard to find. There is a community of readers out there whose collective experience generally help me weed through all the available crud, so I can identify and acquire decent literature. But over the years I have noticed that there are some books that simply fall through the cracks and get no notice. One of them, for me, is P.D. James' Children of Men. Prior to the movie I had never heard of it. Its not even listed in the Clute & Nichols Encyclopedia! But anoth[…]

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Published:: 03.03.07 / 5pm

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Nick Duffy 03.07.14 / 4am

Amis did write a James Bond novel, “Colonel Sun”, and a couple of criticism/cash-in Bond things.

Incidentally the reference to “The Tower” is probably a reference to the Tower Of London, these days where the Crown Jewels are kept and where tourists have their photo taken next to Beefeaters and ravens but historically a prison. The reference to “blood-coloured dresses” makes me think the secular police wear the beefeater uniforms, or some variation thereon.

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