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Alan Bray
Jun 23, 20223 min read
What A Coincidence Bumping Into You Like This - Station Eleven
Coincidence plays a significant role in Station Eleven. We’ve talked about coincidence before in regard to other novels—let’s plunge in...
Alan Bray
Jun 16, 20224 min read
Once More Into The Abyss
Last time, I said that the Dr. Eleven graphic comic, created by Miranda, is so central to Station Eleven that it deserves its own post....
Alan Bray
Jun 9, 20224 min read
Science Fiction? - Station Eleven
Narratives are a balance of mimetic, thematic, and synthetic threads. Mimetic threads are those that present convincing characters and...
Alan Bray
Jun 2, 20224 min read
You Got The Time? - Station Eleven
How is time handled in Station Eleven? I can say straight off that time is discontinuous and episodic, two terms we’ve looked at before....
Alan Bray
May 26, 20223 min read
What If Thinking - Station Eleven
One of the central questions Station Eleven asks its readers is: what would you do in a world without technology? No electricity, no...
Alan Bray
May 19, 20225 min read
Station Eleven
This week, a new novel, Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven. This acclaimed book was published in 2014 and has been adapted into a...