XX (novel)

XX
AuthorRian Hughes
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherThe Overlook Press
Publication date
2020

XX is a 2020 science fiction novel by writer Rian Hughes.[1]

Design and publication

Hughes created a new typeface for the novel.[2] Adapting the novel for e-readers was difficult, and Hughes considers the printed book to be the way the novel "should be read".[2] Due to its use of graphic elements, artwork, a novel within the novel, asemic writing, and epistolary techniques, it can be considered a work of ergodic literature.

Reception

According to literary review aggregator Book Marks, the novel received mostly "Rave" reviews.[3]

Neville Hawcock, writing for The Financial Times, praised the graphic elements of the book as an "enjoyable variation" from typical novels.[1] Lydia Fletcher, in a review published by The Library Journal, criticized the novel as occasionally "difficult to follow" in part due to the "mixed-media" portions.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Hawcock, Neville (13 August 2020). "XX — a 'novel, graphic' with big ideas, extra bold". The Financial Times. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b Carter, Dom (26 November 2021). "Rian Hughes on narrative design, creating fonts for aliens, and reinventing the novel". Creative Boom. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Book Marks reviews of XX by Rian Hughes". Book Marks. 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Lydia (6 November 2020). "XX". Library Journal. Retrieved 6 March 2023.


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