Monthly Archives: November 2009


The Raw Shark Texts (Steven Hall)

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall There are two types of people in the world, Eric. There are the people who understand instinctively that the story of The Flood and the story of The Tower of Babel are the same thing, and those who don’t. — Trey Fidorous (285) Fidorous’s binary distinction sums up reader reaction to this book. Those who don’t instinctively understand the equality between the two stories, such as a previous reviewer for Strange Horizons, declare that "at its best, it is an entertaining adventure yarn with a plot that doesn’t bear scrutiny too well, not […]