In a world without terrorism, a private detective is hired to locate Mike Longshott, the mysterious author of a popular series of novels about a fictional vigilante named "Osama bin Laden".
in Locus, Gary K. Wolfe observed that although Longshott is supposed to be a pulp fiction writer, the excerpts of Longshott's works (depicting various real-world instances of terrorism) "aren’t pulpish at all" but rather are "rendered in a crisp, journalistic prose" — unlike the rest of the novel, which is in a "deliberately pulp-noir style".[4]Strange Horizons noted the possibility that "the entire story may be little more than [the detective's] opium-induced hallucination."[5]
References
^Lavie Tidhar's Osama wins World Fantasy Award, by Charlie Jane Anders, at Io9; published November 4, 2012; retrieved June 23, 2018
^Osama, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published March 3, 2011; retrieved June 23, 2018
^The political possibilities of SF, by Damien Walter, in The Guardian; published October 11, 2011; retrieced June 23, 2018
^Gary K. Wolfe reviews Lavie Tidhar, in Locus; published September 25, 2011; retrieved June 23, 2018
^Osama by Lavie Tidhar, reviewed by Michael Levy; at Strange Horizons; published September 12, 2011; retrieved June 23, 2018
osama, novel, osama, 2011, alternate, history, metafictional, novel, lavie, tidhar, first, published, publishing, osamacover, osamaauthorlavie, tidharlanguageenglishgenrealternate, history, metafictionpublisherps, publishingpublication, date2011media, typebook. Osama is a 2011 alternate history metafictional novel by Lavie Tidhar It was first published by PS Publishing OsamaCover of OsamaAuthorLavie TidharLanguageEnglishGenreAlternate History MetafictionPublisherPS PublishingPublication date2011Media typeBook Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksSynopsis EditIn a world without terrorism a private detective is hired to locate Mike Longshott the mysterious author of a popular series of novels about a fictional vigilante named Osama bin Laden Reception EditOsama won the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel 1 Publishers Weekly described it as offbeat and enigmatic but with less than rigorous internal logic 2 The Guardian saw conceptual parallels to Philip K Dick s The Man in the High Castle emphasizing that Tidhar s goal is to show that behind every manufactured enemy is a real human being 3 in Locus Gary K Wolfe observed that although Longshott is supposed to be a pulp fiction writer the excerpts of Longshott s works depicting various real world instances of terrorism aren t pulpish at all but rather are rendered in a crisp journalistic prose unlike the rest of the novel which is in a deliberately pulp noir style 4 Strange Horizons noted the possibility that the entire story may be little more than the detective s opium induced hallucination 5 References Edit Lavie Tidhar s Osama wins World Fantasy Award by Charlie Jane Anders at Io9 published November 4 2012 retrieved June 23 2018 Osama reviewed at Publishers Weekly published March 3 2011 retrieved June 23 2018 The political possibilities of SF by Damien Walter in The Guardian published October 11 2011 retrieced June 23 2018 Gary K Wolfe reviews Lavie Tidhar in Locus published September 25 2011 retrieved June 23 2018 Osama by Lavie Tidhar reviewed by Michael Levy at Strange Horizons published September 12 2011 retrieved June 23 2018External links EditRoundtable discussion of Osama at SF Signal This article about an alternate history novel of the 2010s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Osama novel amp oldid 1135722061, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
