The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse
Editorial Reviews
Fred Cleaver, The Denver Post, June 27, 1999
The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse, by Keith Hartman is a first novel that combines a number of different elements in a world where differences are approaching a flash point of conflict.... Hartman weaves an intriguing web with numerous well-defined characters. The background world is both funny and scarily possible.
Charles de Lint, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1999
If you can get past the unwieldy (and rather too cutesy) title, there's a fine debut novel by Keith Hartman. What kind of novel I'm at a little of a loss to say. Equal arguments can be made that it's a police procedural, a contemporary Wiccan fantasy, a gay PI novel, a near future sf thriller, a novel of social commentary, and even, in the sections from the point of view of one character, a YA coming of age story.
In the end, it's a bit of them all, I suppose, which is part of what made me enjoy it so much. I love a book that breaks down the walls between genres, that just tells a story, the author trusting himself and the story enough to let it go wherever it leads him.
The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse is, like it's title, a somewhat busy book, but there's enough payoff in characterization, story, and ideas to make the trip through its pages a real pleasure.
The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse
The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse,Keith Hartman,Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc.,1892065053,Fiction,Fiction - General,General,Mystery fiction,Noir fiction,Occult fiction,Science Fiction - General,Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General,Mystery,Science Fiction
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