The Fictional Man

A metafictional tragi-comedy that, while generally entertaining, feels a bit directionless and never really takes off. Niles Golan is an English writer who has moved to Los Angeles to write screenplays (he isn't very good at novels). Technology has advanced a bit, and now fictional characters are bre......more

THE FICTIONAL MAN by Al Ewing was not an easy book to read. The main character, Niles Golan is a jerk. He's spent his entire life in denial of his own faults (of which there are many) and now that he's alone and miserable he's finally beginning to understand why. In Niles' world cloning technology ex......more

Fantascienza di qualità quella proposta da 451 attraverso questo romanzo di Al Ewing, autore Marvel Comics. Un ottimo lavoro metanarrativo che non solo critica la deriva che ultimamente ha preso Hollywood con tutti quei remake politicamente corretti o che seguono la tendenza del momento, ma anche su......more

Brilliant, clever writing as is expected from a name such as Al Ewing but with his 2000ad pedigree you would expect a flat out action bloodbath, but while you do get some oldschool comic book narcissism, you couldn't be more wrong, instead, what you get is a seriously intelligent backdrop with compl......more

Wow! There is so much going on here! Reading this book is kind of like holding a mirror up to another mirror and watching that tiny weird stream of infinity. It's fun, it's disturbing, and it makes you wonder what's real. The whole book, which presents a universe wherein people have to wonder whethe......more