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'In some ways this is an edgily modern book, with Dick's namesake, Philip K Dick, among its guiding spirits. Admirers of Flann O'Brien's fictions will be struck by the beguiling ways in which Crumey uses unreliable narrators and worlds within worlds. In another sense the novel reaches back to a Renaissance aesthetic, in which art and scholarship, if not quite the same thing, are mutually adoring twins or lovers in a fable. Refreshingly, this is a novel in which science is a central character rather than a metaphor for something else.
That said, it isn't a boffin-fest but a glitteringly original piece of storytelling, unapologetically intelligent, driven by tightly focused narrative skill. It is also acerbically funny, peppered with digs, while an Orwellian irony makes clear that the questions implied are not about some imagined culture, but concern the one in which we wake up every day.
There is a winning sense of spaciousness in the writing, a feeling that the words are pouring out spontaneously. This quality is all the more impressive because the ideas are complex: indeed, those of us who are a bit rusty on Heisenberg's interpretation of wave functions may sense we're missing out. And even readers who marvel at Crumey's expansive, frisky prose may feel the allusion to cultural titans becomes a little relentless: Melville, Thomas Mann, Foucault, Nietzsche and Lacan are all name- checked in the first few pages. ("Writing about writers is best avoided," comments Dick's therapist. This isn't advice Crumey would tolerate.) But while Mobius Dick is a work of sophisticated erudition, its playfulness and artistry make it a page-turner, too. It is perhaps the only novel about quantum mechanics you could imagine reading while lying on a beach.' Joseph O'Connor in The Guardian 'Ingenious' is far too pallid a term of praise for this cunningly contrived entertainment, which may sound ponderous in outline but is actually a breeze, by turns slyly comic and oddly melancholy. For most readers, the soundness of its science will be of small consequence; as fiction it is solid plutonium, and unflaggingly enjoyable.' Kevin Jackson in The Sunday Times
Mobius Dick (Dedalus Original Fiction in Paperback), by Andrew Crumey - Amazon Sales Rank: #2573478 in Books
- Brand: Crumey, Andrew
- Published on: 2015-03-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.25" h x 1.00" w x 5.75" l, .84 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 312 pages
Mobius Dick (Dedalus Original Fiction in Paperback), by Andrew Crumey Review "It is perhaps the only novel about quantum mechanics you could imagine reading while lying on a beach."-- Joseph O'Connor, The Guardian"A brilliant exposition of the possibilities lurking in quantum physics and an aggressive take on how the idea of 'great art' is losing currency. It's an absolute sin that this book didn't win last year's Man Booker Prize." -- Tom Boncza-Tomaszewski, The Independent on Sunday"...has that commodity so rare among sci-fi writers - a sense of humor." -- Sebastien Shakespeare, The Literary Review
About the Author Andrew Crumey was born in Glasgow in 1961. He read theoretical physics and mathematics at St Andrews University and Imperial College in London, before doing post-doctoral research at Leeds University on nonlinear dynamics.After a spell of being the literary editor at Scotland on Sunday he now combines teaching creative writing at Northumbria University with his writing. He is the author of seven novels: Music, in a Foreign Language (1994), Pfitz (1995), D'Alembert's Principle (1996),Mr Mee (2000), Mobius Dick (2004), Sputnik Caledonia (2008) and The Secret Knowledge (2013).
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. It got me a thinking... but about what? By Tooloud Puzzling, complex, entertaining, informative, intriguing... I haven't got a thesaurus handy, but the point is when it was all over I certainly wasn't sorry. I was left with almost no emotional feeling of invlovement with any of the characters. Whether this was due to the fact that I wasn't sure which characters were real, imagined, duplicitous or even multiplicitous, I can't be sure. Just as I can't be sure if this was ever intended to exist as an elaborate thought exercise or a brief history of physics with a sprinkle of philosophy and music as garnish, or was the author actually trying to write a novel. I was trying to read a novel, but I'm not sure if I did. Or perhaps I did - but a different me - and that one really enjoyed it.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Mirroring worlds By Stephen A. Haines If you're presumptuous enough to think you might understand something, post-modernist deconstruction will relieve you of that conceit. John Ringer, like many of us, had some comprehension of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick". Confused by an enigmatic message on his cell 'phone, he attends a "deconstructionist" lecture on the novel. He comes away with insights neither he, nor anyone sane, could devise. The message's originator, "H", puts him in mind of a past love. As the memories emerge, John finds himself caught up in a bizarre concept. A mighty computer, using ultra-accurate mirrors, is being considered, and he may be instrumental in its development. He's also aware of its inherent dangers. It could demolish the universe.Crumey's background in theoretical physics makes him well-placed to launch this tale of alternative universes. He is also a captivating and imaginative writer, versed in history, philosophy and human motivations. It is sometimes difficult to track how many universes might compose this story. Two is more than enough, but Crumey takes us through them with skill and finesse. We meet Erwin Schroedinger, heading for an assignation at an asylum. Thomas Mann's alternative writing career is considered. As is almost inevitable from a UK writer, the British Isles are conquered by Nazi Germany, but liberated by an unexpected ally.John Ringer's message might be from one Harry Dick, lying on a hospital bed after being struck by an auto. Harry is told he's suffering from AMD - a syndrome of "false memories". Are they truly "false", or is this a symptom of flitting between those alternative universes? Crumey takes us through thickets of intrigue and deception with poise. You may wonder which life is "real", but he demonstrates how reality isn't an easily defined condition. In the process we are led away from the constraints critics have put on "science fiction". Crumey's writing fits no pigeonholes - his style and careful plotting and characterisation prevent such narrowness. Although it jumps between Harry's and John's world, as it must, it builds the backgrounds of those worlds seamlessly. Through it all, Crumey carefully explains how such conditions are found in quantum physics. It's not a classroom lecture, but a well-developed set of plausible scenarios. All the while, the author's keen sense of irony and humour helps make this book a flawless page-turner.It's difficult to know if we are to suspend belief in reading this book - fantastic as it may seem at the beginning. Crumey's careful explanations of two alternative(s), even opposite, things occuring simultaneously makes the entire book acceptable. After all, there are many anomalous events reported in our world. Does that mean alternative universes are impinging on ours? It would explain many things. None of this is supernatural, but solidly grounded in today's physics. That knowledge makes this book a delicious and invigourating repast. Sit down to this intellectually appetising meal and partake with pleasure. The gratification will leave you replete, but hungry for more of this author. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. ingenious By C. Holland composed in a sort of narrative mobius strip this novel balances several intersecting alternative worlds in an ingenious fictional exploration of the weird implications of quantum theory. that makes it sound unreadable but it's actually lively, entertaining, and easy enough to follow. technically it's deeply enjoyable: the basic idea is witty and subtle and flexible enough to allow crumey to manuver deftly through his ideas, and he layers his stories beautifully. it reminded me of pynchon without the ego, and delillo without the anguish. if you liked white noise and gravity's rainbow this is your kind of book.
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