Jeff VanderMeer review.
Thursday, March 6th, 2003 at 7:00 amJeff VanderMeer reviews The Etched City on Amazon:
Bishop has written an accomplished and brave first novel that doesn’t pull punches. The novel gets stranger — and more strangely beautiful — as it progresses, until the reader is completely trapped by it (in a blissful way). The praise on the back of the book from Jeffrey Ford, Liz Williams, and others is well-deserved. I think this author will go from strength to strength and would not be surprised to see her second novel published by a mass-market publisher.
Bishop has written an accomplished and brave first novel that doesn’t pull punches. The novel gets stranger — and more strangely beautiful — as it progresses, until the reader is completely trapped by it (in a blissful way). The praise on the back of the book from Jeffrey Ford, Liz Williams, and others is well-deserved. I think this author will go from strength to strength and would not be surprised to see her second novel published by a mass-market publisher. 