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A Literary Search for Meaning

"Living, being in the world, was a much greater and stranger thing than she had ever dreamed."—Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan

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The Manipulation of Time

Part 12 in the series, A Literary Search for Meaning by Dr Karen Hughes I employed a variety of narrative techniques in my new novel, Gaba Gali, to disrupt the reader’s natural assumptions and create the impression of non-linear time.

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In Conclusion …

Conclusion to the 12-part series, A Literary Search for Meaning by Dr Karen Hughes My aim at the beginning of this series was to examine how contemporary authors are using speculative fiction to explore spiritual themes, and to discuss how

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