Land of the Snow Men
Any seeming absence may be filled with projections of the mind, formlessness with language formations. (As John Cage famously demonstrated, there is always noise.) Scott's hubristic fantasy of a 'realm devoid of symbols' cannot prevent their continuance or proliferation. Eventually the trauma the cold, the hunger, the failure of the quest, the malleability of language, the endless, disorienting whiteness infects him, as well with epistemological uncertainty. --Miranda Mellis, American Book ReviewNorman Lock shows undeniable talent at recreating a world of ice, light and darkness where impossible visions are made credible and resist like ice statues till the melting breath of reality dissolves them. --Paula Grenside, Avatar ReviewWe long for an Aha. Perhaps that is the general affect of the contemporary, this longing, and if it is, the writings of George Belden help to satiate it. So we embark on his voyage, we suspend our disbelief, we voyeur. --Sandra Huber, Word for/Word