Dominic Green (1) (1967–)
Author of Smallworld
For other authors named Dominic Green, see the disambiguation page.
Series
Works by Dominic Green
Shining Armour 5 copies
Butterfly Bomb 5 copies
Glister 4 copies
Warlords of Llantatis 2 copies
The Adventure of the Lost World 2 copies
Send Me a Mentagram {short story} 2 copies
Coat of many colours [short fiction] 2 copies
Elder Shepherd 2 copies
King's Chamber 1 copy
Associated Works
Decalog 5: Wonders: Ten Stories, A Billon Years, An Infinite Universe (1997) — Contributor — 68 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1967
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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Statistics
- Works
- 17
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 165
- Popularity
- #128,476
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 12
- ISBNs
- 20
- Languages
- 1
It creates an absurd but almost plausible small (tiny) world and populates it with and extended family of Cult survivors, an intelligent and lethal Made Thing that looks like a devil and an Anchorite who seems to have been an interstellar dictator before he became a hermit. Oh, and goats. Lots of goats. And an ass.
The small world then gets visited by various people who either do bizarre and violent things or have bizarre and violent things done to them or both.
At first, I was stunned into silence by the energy and originality of the story. Then I began to smile at how clever it was. Then, not very long after that, I became bored.
There was nothing for me to engage with. None of these people felt real. The ideas were bright as fireworks but how long can you watch a firework display and keep going "Oooh!" and "Aaah!" with any sincerity? I knew I couldn't manage 385 pages of "My but this satire is as dry as bone, isn't it?" so I'm setting it aside at the 18% mark.… (more)