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“ Often accused of harboring known felons and offering safe haven to deposed leaders of other rogue genres, PsychoThriller could never be directly indicted, as nothing was ever quite what it seemed—“

Right on time. — “As I stared at the picture, I felt a sudden flush of new intelligence, as though a jigsaw had been thrown into the air and landed fully completed. Everything that…”

“Whoever controls the Northern Genres controls the metaphor supply, and whoever controls the supply of metaphor controls Fiction....”
“So why isn’t Racy Novel read more than Women’s Fiction?“…
“Because of sanctions,” said Drake, looking at me oddly, “imposed by WomFic and Dogma—and pretty much everyone else. Like it or not, Racy Novel isn’t very highly thought of.”

“I stared at him for a moment. Flat Thursday had said this was another message, so he must be communicating on a one-way basis by writing a short story—possibly with himself and his wife in conversation.”

“Ha-ha!” said the host, reloading the rifle. “Bagged another Baggins.”

And he made a mark on his tally board, which contained several hundred other Bagginses, three dozen Gandalfs, a plethora of Pratchett characters and sixty-seven Harry Potters.
“Right, then,” said Sparkle, “off you toddle.”

There’s a lot of exposition and descriptions. They’re funny, but, still, a lot.

“Wait—who’s speaking now?”
“I don’t know.”
“You must know.”
“Damn. It must be me—you wouldn’t say ‘damn,’ would you?”
“I might.”
We both paused for a moment, waiting for either a speech marker or a descriptive line. It was one of those things that happened every now…

I’m tired of the woman – desperate - and - longing – for – kids trope.

Wikipedia is your friend with books like these. — “…It was then that McEwan and the nearby Rushdie and Amis threatened to go on strike and lower…”

“…with dangerous currents, whirlpools and tidal rips. Despite this, many Vanitarians attempted to make the perilous journey to brighter prospects on the mainland. Of those who survived, most were turned back.”