http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-crystal-world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-crystal-world/comment-page-1#comment-5153 Cornellbooksellers.com › It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:32:13 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-crystal-world/#comment-5153 [...] the rest of Mr. Gibson’s list The Forever War and Holy Fire are also faovurites of mine and The Crystal World has been on my “to-read” list for a long time. The rest are unknown and intriguing [...] [...] the rest of Mr. Gibson’s list The Forever War and Holy Fire are also faovurites of mine and The Crystal World has been on my “to-read” list for a long time. The rest are unknown and intriguing [...]

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-crystal-world/comment-page-1#comment-483 mark burgess Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:58:17 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-crystal-world/#comment-483 This is probably my favorite book. This has some of the most gorgeous prose I have ever read and is a truly uplifting book. It's one of the few, if not the only one of his novels that I might actually want to inhabit. Was this written before or after his wife's death? Probably before but it almost seems like a love letter to his recently deceased wife. I can see why he stopped writing this kind of fiction for awhile. Where else could he go with it? This is probably my favorite book. This has some of the most gorgeous prose I have ever read and is a truly uplifting book. It’s one of the few, if not the only one of his novels that I might actually want to inhabit. Was this written before or after his wife’s death? Probably before but it almost seems like a love letter to his recently deceased wife. I can see why he stopped writing this kind of fiction for awhile. Where else could he go with it?

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