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Colin Greenland

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born
May 17, 1954 in The United Kingdom

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About this author

Colin Greenland is best known for his multiple award-winning science fiction novel Take Back Plenty. His fiction and criticism have been translated into a dozen languages and broadcast on BBC national radio. His reviews appear in the Guardian . His books, including many long out of print, are soon to be available for e-readers at SF Gateway.

Colin lives in Cambridge and Foolow with his partner Susanna Clarke, the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell . He is working very slowly on a contemporary murder mystery.


Average rating: 4.03 · 3,293 ratings · 93 reviews · 35 distinct works
Take Back Plenty (Tabitha J...
3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions
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Harm's Way
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1983
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The Plenty Principle
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Finding Helen
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“Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader’s desire to know what happens, to unravel the mystery, to see good triumph. You have to sustain it, keep it warm, feed it, just a little bit, not too much at a time, as your story goes on. That’s called suspense. It can bring desire to a frenzy, in which case you are in a good position to bring off a wonderful climax.”
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“Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens, to unravel the mystery, to see good triumph. You have to sustain it, keep it warm, feed it, just a little bit, not too much at a time, as your story goes on. That's called suspense. It can bring desire to a frenzy, in which case you are in a good position to bring off a wonderful climax.”
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