"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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Unnatural Perspectives
Part 10 in the series, A Literary Search for Meaning by Dr Karen Hughes As well as combining the mythic with the fantastic and drawing on the tropes of apocalyptic science fiction, I have used multiple literary methods and narrative
Alien Dialects
Part 11 in the series, A Literary Search for Meaning by Dr Karen Hughes The creation of alien dialect, like the evocation of unnatural perspectives, must be a construct. Author David Mitchell, who coined the term “Bygonese” to describe the
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.
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