Tim Powers

[Steven Maas (CUTR)]

Powers' books are a lot of fun.  Interestingly, two early books by
"Timothy Powers" are not listed in the credits of any of his later books. 
Judging by the style, I'd bet it's the same author.  Both, while obviously
by a young (early 20s I believe) author, are entertaining; I don't know
why he'd be so ashamed of them as to deny their existence.  The previous
post doesn't mention _The Stress of Her Regard_ a very intersting twist on
the vampire tradition featuring Byron, Shelley, and Keats, among others.
His most recent book (about eating ghosts) seemed a little tired.

On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Craig Clark wrote:

> Jim Shirk writes:
> 
> > Regarding SF authors that might appeal to the average Pynchon reader (if
> > there is such), please consider Tim Powers, whose books include The Drawing
> > of the Dark (wuhich refers to a beer with very strange properties), The
> > Anubis Gates (travel through time with William Ashbless, poet and
> > adventurer), On Stranger Tides (with Blackbeard the Pirate), and Dinner at
> > Deviant's Palace (post Holocaust LA).  His Last Call was marketed as a
> > mainstram novel.  Good stuff.
> 
> The *average* Pynchon reader? Now there's a thought... But Jim is 
> quite right: Powers is a most recommendable writer. I mentioned James 
> Blaylock, and Jim Shirk mentions "William Ashbless": Powers and 
> Blaylock have collaborated on poems published under the Ashbless 
> name, and characters by the name of William Ashbless appear in the 
> fiction of both. Both Powers and Blaylock were also close friends of 
> Philip K Dick in his last years.
> 
> Craig Clark
> 
> "Living inside the system is like driving across
> the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
> on suicide."
>    - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"
>