[UA] Re: Book recommendation; book request

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I've not read 'The Prestige' but I'll look it up now.
I have just read 'Carter beats the Devil' by Glen
David Gold, about a stage magician in the 1920s. Not
especially UA (but i could bore you for hours with my
'books anf ilms i think are UAish' lists...) but very
good.

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> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:36:24 -0800
> From: "S. Ben Melhuish" <sben at pile.org>
> Subject: [UA] Book recommendation; book request
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> I'm in the midst of reading "The Prestige" by
> Christopher Priest, and 
> don't remember it being mentioned here on the list.
> 
> The story (as near as I can tell) is about a feud
> between two 
> turn-of-the-20th-century stage magicians, involving
> the secret behind a 
> particular trick.
> 
> The book is quite UAable:  It offers a good look at
> non-magickal people 
> with driving obsessions (to protect their secret, to
> discover other 
> peoples' secrets, to uncover their family's past, to
> find their lost 
> twin brother).  Each significant character (so far)
> has one of these 
> obsessions, and it's clear how it colors their
> entire life.  In 
> addition, the world of professional stage magicians,
> at least as 
> presented in this book, seems like a good example of
> an underground 
> subculture like UA's occult underground.
> 
> ...
> 
> On a somewhat-related note, my brother recently
> asked me if I had any 
> recommendations for authors like Tim Powers, or
> (presumably) for 
> individual Powersesque books.  I'll probably send
> "The Prestige" his 
> way, though there's no real magic hidden beneath the
> surface (at least, 
> not that I've gotten to yet).  Does anyone have any
> Powersesque 
> recommendations?
> 
> Thanks in advance --
> 
> -- Sben


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