Gareth D Jones: Unofficially the second most widely translated science fiction short story author in the world
Monday, May 11, 2009
Book Review: Genesis by Bernard Beckett
Unusually enough, Genesis is a novella. It makes a pleasant change to find such a short book from a major publisher, a book that strikes a fine balance between the thrust and immediacy of a short story and the character and societal development found in a novel. It’s written in a non-standard format too, something that I always find appealing and that I’ve tried myself in several short stories. Again it’s not something you’d normally find in a longer work.
Read the rest of my review at SF Crowsnest.
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