Chekhov's Journey

Chekhov's Journey is a novel by Ian Watson published in 1983.

Plot summary

Chekhov's Journey is a novel in which a modern-day actor uses hypnosis to simulate Anton Chekhov's 1890 journey through Siberia.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Chekhov's Journey for White Dwarf #40, and stated that "There are good twists in this neatly executed story, which is as 'conventional' a reality-bending yarn as Watson has written. Lacking the vaulting ambition of his God's World or the outrageousness of the recent Deathhunter, it's good entertainment with some philosophical bite."

Reviews

Review by Faren Miller in Locus, #267 April 1983
Review by Nick Lowe in Foundation, #28 July 1983
Review by John Clute in Interzone, #5 Autumn 1983
Review by Tom Easton in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1990
Review by Don D'Ammassa in Science Fiction Chronicle, #140 June 1991