Cracken at Critical
Cracken at Critical is a novel by Brian W. Aldiss published in 1987.
Plot summary
Cracken at Critical is a novel in the story "The Mannerheim Symphony" serves as a brief framing narrative enclosed around two short novels, "The Impossible Smile" and "Equator".Reception
Dave Langford reviewed Cracken at Critical for White Dwarf #95, and stated that "Note the careful contrast between 'Cracken's' sloppy wish-fulfilment endings and the bleak loophole which Aldiss-1987 considers the happiest way out."Reviews
- Review by Gwyneth Jones in Foundation, #41 Winter 1987,
- Review by Jon Wallace in Vector 141