![]() ![]() John Harrison’s fascination with degeneration of landscape and purpose attempts a dialogue about the nature of genre. ![]() Although not as forceful as The Centauri Device (1974) in its subversion of fantasy/SF quest tropes, M. ![]() Īs one can expect from Harrison, decadence and decay seeps from the quires of The Pastel City as characters try to create meaning, or grasp hold of half-formed shreds of past purpose, in a world that will continue to crumble regardless of the defeat of evil. I am still trying to identify the cause of the book’s other wounds…. So much in fact that they propped up the first volume of the Viriconium sequence against a tree and used it for BB gun target practice. John Harrison’s The Pastel City (1971) must have harbored a pernicious grudge against corroded landscapes and nebulous morals. One of the previous owners of my copy of M. (Bruce Pennington’s cover for the 1971 edition) ![]()
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