Cracken at Critical

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Cracken at Critical is a novel by Brian W. Aldiss published in 1987.

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Plot summary

Cracken at Critical is a novel in the story "The Mannerheim Symphony" serves as a brief framing narrative enclosed around two short novels, "The Impossible Smile" (1965) and "Equator" (1958). [1]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Cracken at Critical for White Dwarf #95, and stated that "Note the careful contrast between 'Cracken's' sloppy wish-fulfilment endings and the bleak loophole which Aldiss-1987 considers the happiest way out." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Langford, Dave (November 1987). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf . No. 95. Games Workshop. p. 12.
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