The War of Past and Future Worlds

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The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson (Hamish Hamilton, Pounds 16.99) PERHAPS because everyday life has begun to resemble so many of the fictional future worlds we've dreamed up in the past, science fiction has had a literary resurgence of late, with many novelists showing a renewed interest.

Over the past few years, Margaret Atwood, Michel Houellebecq, Kazuo Ishiguro and David Mitchell have all experimented with futuristic themes, with varying degrees of success.

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The War of Past and Future Worlds

Now we have Jeanette Winterson's new novel, which describes itself as an "interplanetary love story". Lik...

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