Review: Compelling Narratives
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2013
I recently reviewed Ms Browne's novella `And the Stars Will Sing' on my Galericulate blog and was suitably impressed.These dystopian short stories move her up another gear.`Word Thieves', which owes something of its genesis to George Orwell's `1984' (and indeed there is a character in it named Julia) is a tightly-constructed piece where she moves her characters towards hubris with a claustrophobic intensity. As with her earlier work, Ms Browne's vision of the future is not one comprised solely of shiny technology, but serves rather as an appropriate backdrop for a nightmare vision of totalitarianism. I note that her latest work - `The Loved, The Lost, The Dreaming' -  is in the horror genre, which in some ways is a logical extension of what she started here ...`The Fields' is a much shorter and therefore less substantial piece, but the snarky heroine keeps you engaged, and Ms Browne has a surprise or two up her sleeve.Five stars and no arguments!