Slade House
by David Mitchell · first published 2015
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"Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you'll find the entrance to Slade House: a surreal place where visitors see what they want to see, including some things that should be impossible. Every nine years, the house's residents--an odd brother and sister--extend a unique invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a divorced policeman, a shy college student. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it's already too late" --
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on “50 authors, 50 science fiction stories shorter than novels” ↗…Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (particularly if you enjoy its historical setting of Edo period Japan on the artificial island of Deshima where the Dutch were allowed to operate a trading post), or the shorter Slade House. Of course Cloud Atlas is well-known and a good read. Utopia Avenue, his latest work about a fictional band in the 1960s, is a very pleasant and frankly fun read too, although different from the others.…
on “Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022?” ↗I already read Slade House, Cloud Atlas, number9dream and Ghostwritten. I'm REALLY looking forward to all the others! :)
on “Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022?” ↗