Kay Dick (1915–2001)
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The Uncertain Element: An Anthology of Fantastic Conceptions — Editor — 1 copy
Zij 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Dick, Elsie (birth name)
- Other names
- Lane, Edward (pseudonym)
Scott, Jeremy (pseudonym) - Birthdate
- 1915-07-29
- Date of death
- 2001-10-19
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Brighton, Sussex, England, UK - Education
- boarding school, Geneva
Lycee Francais de Londres - Occupations
- editor
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novelist
non-fiction writer
journalist
bookseller - Relationships
- Farrell, Kathleen (partner)
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1915: Kay Dick - Resources and General Discussion in Literary Centennials (February 2016)
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- Rating
- 3.7
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- ISBNs
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this book highlights both the erasure of anything intellectual and with a subjective viewpoint (books, painting, sculpture, poetry) but also the "danger" of living alone, of thinking by yourself. most singles are (sorry) singled out as dangerous, and it's said again and again that living with someone else is safer from the crackdowns of the authorities (whoever they are). the authorities operate in all kinds of ways, sometimes stealing art or ripping out the inscriptions in books that make it personal, sometimes erasing someone's memory or erasing the person themselves. i wasn't sure of the reasoning behind when violence was used and when it was withheld but i know from psychology that not being certain of a repercussion makes a person much more cautious and stressed about doing the right thing.
this will require a reread for me, for sure, because i know i missed quite a bit. like, is the unnamed narrator in each section the same person, or a different one, as everyone around them has changed? there are similarities and i had assumed it was the same person throughout, but i think maybe that with a more careful reading i would see that that doesn't make sense. the tension throughout really seemed to build and by the end it really had me in its grip. so i for sure missed some of the more subtle things that this book is clearly doing. i didn't, for example, see the queerness that machado talked about in the introduction, but next time i read this i'll go much slower, and maybe i'll understand more.… (more)