Month: July 2009
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Men, God, and Men Like Gods (The Enclave, Day 3)
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (Genesis 3:4-5) Karen Hancock’s The Enclave is set at an institution that’s high-tech and groundbreaking, modern…
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A Review – The Enclave (Day 2)
The Kendall-Jakes Longevity Institute is a literal monument to science, creativity, and the ability of man to rise above his limitations: a black glass ziggurat in the Arizona desert, labs and conference rooms interspersed with rainforest atriums, coffee bars, and incredible views. True, the Institute’s director, the globe-trotting, womanizing Parker Swain, once fell out of…
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The Enclave: CSFF Blog Tour
Books–stories themselves–come in so many shades and textures and ways. Some books are lush, gorgeous, enriching. Some are dense but necessary. Some, like The Enclave by Karen Hancock, are just plain riveting. It took me all of about two chapters to be sucked thoroughly into The Enclave, guessing at its mysteries, marveling at its setting,…
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wind
The wind had a secret. All across the Seventh World it blew, whispering, shouting, singing its wild way in the far northern mountains and fjords; it danced the new-growing leaves and flowered boughs in Galce and the vineyards of Italya. It whistled through hollows and secret places in the Eastern Lands and skipped across the…