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Pavane

Keith Roberts
4.9/5 (19906 ratings)
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Description:An ever-expanding subgenre of sf is devoted to "alternate worlds" or "alternate histories": fiction in which a crucial event goes differently than in the world we know, & history is changed. Keith Roberts's Pavane ('68) is set in a backward 20th century molded by the assassination of Queen Elizabeth I & the triumph of a militantly antiscience Catholic Church. This is a classic alternate history, in the same company as such highly regarded novels as L. Sprague De Camp's seminal Lest Darkness Fall ('41), in which a modern man slips back in time & attempts to avert the Dark Ages; Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee ('53), set after the South wins the US Civil War; & Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle ('62), set after the Germans & Japanese win WWII. Lest Darkness Fall & The Man in the High Castle are justly famous; the other two classics, Bring the Jubilee & Pavane, are less well known, & that's a shame. One reason for Pavane's relative obscurity among American SF readers might be its British setting & author (the Moore & Dick novels are both set in the US, & De Camp, Moore & Dick were all American). Another reason might be that Pavane is a novel created from interrelated but standalone stories (6 'measures,' or novelettes, & a coda), & the stories are of varying quality. Most are wise, beautifully written & intensely visualized, especially the opener, "The Lady Margaret," & the closer, "Corfe Gate"; but "Brother John," the story of the monk-artist who witnesses Inquisition tortures & sparks an anti-Church rebellion, is far less detailed & sometimes even unclear. Another reason for the novel's obscurity may be that some of the stories/chapters have more of a fantasy feel than is typical of more recent alternate history. Also, the nature of the coda's revelations may put off some readers. Nonetheless, Pavane is an intelligent, powerful & moving work, deserving of a wide readership.--Cynthia WardPrologue (1968) story The Lady Margaret (1966) novelette (aka The Lady Anne)The Signaller (1966) novelette Brother John (1966) novelette Lords & Ladies (1966) novelette The White Boat (1966) novelette Corfe Gate (1966) novelette Coda (1968) storyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pavane. To get started finding Pavane, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pavane

Keith Roberts
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
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Description: An ever-expanding subgenre of sf is devoted to "alternate worlds" or "alternate histories": fiction in which a crucial event goes differently than in the world we know, & history is changed. Keith Roberts's Pavane ('68) is set in a backward 20th century molded by the assassination of Queen Elizabeth I & the triumph of a militantly antiscience Catholic Church. This is a classic alternate history, in the same company as such highly regarded novels as L. Sprague De Camp's seminal Lest Darkness Fall ('41), in which a modern man slips back in time & attempts to avert the Dark Ages; Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee ('53), set after the South wins the US Civil War; & Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle ('62), set after the Germans & Japanese win WWII. Lest Darkness Fall & The Man in the High Castle are justly famous; the other two classics, Bring the Jubilee & Pavane, are less well known, & that's a shame. One reason for Pavane's relative obscurity among American SF readers might be its British setting & author (the Moore & Dick novels are both set in the US, & De Camp, Moore & Dick were all American). Another reason might be that Pavane is a novel created from interrelated but standalone stories (6 'measures,' or novelettes, & a coda), & the stories are of varying quality. Most are wise, beautifully written & intensely visualized, especially the opener, "The Lady Margaret," & the closer, "Corfe Gate"; but "Brother John," the story of the monk-artist who witnesses Inquisition tortures & sparks an anti-Church rebellion, is far less detailed & sometimes even unclear. Another reason for the novel's obscurity may be that some of the stories/chapters have more of a fantasy feel than is typical of more recent alternate history. Also, the nature of the coda's revelations may put off some readers. Nonetheless, Pavane is an intelligent, powerful & moving work, deserving of a wide readership.--Cynthia WardPrologue (1968) story The Lady Margaret (1966) novelette (aka The Lady Anne)The Signaller (1966) novelette Brother John (1966) novelette Lords & Ladies (1966) novelette The White Boat (1966) novelette Corfe Gate (1966) novelette Coda (1968) storyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pavane. To get started finding Pavane, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Publisher
Del Rey Books
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ISBN
0345440919

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