I especially like this part:
“Malzberg’s fiction is heavily inspired by the rise of postmodern metafiction in the mid to late 1960s and the New Wave movement in science fiction. Metafictional techniques –- for example, the author breaking the fourth wall by addressing the reader or referencing the cigarette add placed in the paperback and the use of unreliable narrators and experimental structure: the epistolary novels, etc.— combine in a particularly jarring yet effective way with one of Malzberg’s overarching themes, the nature and quest for truth.”
Bill Ectric King
mysticism & science
Guest post: Metafiction and the Demystification of the Cult of the Astronaut
3 responses to “Guest post: Metafiction and the Demystification of the Cult of the Astronaut”
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Well you should pick up a copy of one of his works 🙂 One of my frequent readers commented on my review of Fallin Astronauts that Herovit`s World is generally the best one of Malzberg’s novels to read first.
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No, I haven’t read anything by Malzberg, sorry to say. I found your post interesting because I like metafiction and science fiction.
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Glad you liked my post! Have you read any of Malzberg’s works? If so, what are your favorites?
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