| When
I first started this site in 2001, there was hardly
any information available on Edward Whittemore,
except a few articles on the web by Jeff
VanderMeer and Erik
Davis who both kindly allowed me to reproduce
them on the site. Information also came from Tom
Wallace who provided me with his and Judy
Karasik's memoirs. Since then there has been
an opening of the floodgates and information has
been forthcoming from a number of sources, most
notably from Mike Simanoff who sent me a treasure
trove of articles and reviews from the past and
also put together a bibliography
of writings on Whittemore. Some of the reviews
mentioned in the bibliography are hard to come by,
so if anyone has copies of these they will be gratefully
accepted either electronically or in hard copy.
And of course, any contributions to First
Impressions would be welcome too. |
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| Recent
Articles |
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Article on the Jerusalem Quartet by Peter Theroux in Tablet Magazine published 10 May 2021 |
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Review of the Jerusalem Quartet by Paul Kincaid on the Through the Dark Labyrinth blog (2011) |
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Scholarly article by Joseph Winland: Opening the Window to Edward Whittemore: Systems that Govern Human Experience (2010) |
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Review
of Jerusalem Poker by William Alfred Kern on Spendidezine. |
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More
Readers discover best unknown novelist - by Amelia Thomas,
Christian Science Monitor
August 24, 2005 |
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Trachtenberg,
Stanley. "Defenders of Jerusalem" - Times Literary
Supplement,
13 February 2004. A
copy of this article is available on request |
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The
Maximalist: rediscovering Edward Whittemore's epic invention
- by David Cozy, Harper's Magazine, June 2003. A
copy of this article is available on request |
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Edward
Whittemore - a Bookmunch Hero. |
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Review
of Whittemore's books - by Gary K Wolfe, from Locus Magazine,
March 2003 |
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Review
of Quin's Shanghai Circus - by Jeff Topham, February 2003
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Dreaming
of Jerusalem - The Novels of Edward Whittemore - by Anne
Sydenham, New York Review of Science Fiction, January
2003 (now on Fantastic Metropolis) Fantastic Metropolis
is presently down for maintenance (8/7/13) |
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Review
of Quin's Shanghai Circus - by Jeff VanderMeer, SF Site,
December 2002 |
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Review
of the Jerusalem Quartet - by Jeff VanderMeer, from Locus
Online, November 2002 |
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Midday
in Jerusalem: Weird Serial Fiction With Middle Eastern
Settings - The Agony Column for Monday, April 22, 2002
by Rick Kleffel |
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A
Secret History of Our Time - by Paul Di Fillipo, an excerpt
from an article in Washington Post Book World, 2002 |
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Quin's
Shanghai Circus - An introduction to the Old Earth Books
edition by John Nichols, 2002 |
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Edward
Whittemore's Sinai Tapestry - An Introduction to the Old
Earth Books edition by Jay Neugeboren, 2002 |
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Jerusalem
Poker - An introduction to the Old Earth Books edition
by Lesley Hazleton, 2002 |
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Nile
Shadows - An introduction to the Old Earth Books edition
by Ben Gibberd, 2002 |
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Jericho
Mosaic - An introduction to the Old Earth Books edition
by Jim Hougan, 2002 |
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An
Editorial Relationship - a memoir by Judy Karasik, 2001 |
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Our
Best Unknown Novelist - a memoir by Thomas Wallace, 2001
Updated 29 May 2013 |
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THE
VAGABONDS - A review of the Jerusalem Quartet by Erik
Davis, Village Voice Literary Supplement, 2000 |
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Nine
Fantasy Novels That Should Be Made Into Films by Jonathan
Carroll, Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine,1998 |
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Locus
Magazine Obituary, October 1995 |
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New
York Times Obituary August 1995 by Wolfgang Saxon |
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"In
Pursuit of the Imagination - An Overview of Nine Elusive
Books" (excerpt) by Jeff VanderMeer, 1995 |
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Obscure
Character - an article on Edward Whittemore and his books
by Mitch Pilcer, The Jerusalem Post, 1995 |
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First
Impressions - The Edward Whittemore Appreciation Society
- various short pieces by visitors to the site
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| Old
Press Reviews |
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Review
of Jericho Mosaic by Jay Neugeboren, The Philadelphia
Inquirer,1987 |
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A
Message of Mideast Hope - A review of Jericho Mosaic by
Kathleen Christison, St Petersburg Times. 1987 |
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A
Spy Divided - A review of Jericho Mosaic by Robert Elegant,
New York Times Book Review, 1987 |
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Promotional
article on Jericho Mosaic from Book News, 1987 |
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Jerusalem
'83 - The Jerusalem Quartet by Herbert Lottman, Publishers
Weekly, 1983 |
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Three
Short Reviews from Library Journal & UPI - 1982 -
1987 |
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Fantastic
Reality - A review of Sinai Tapestry & Jerusalem Poker
by Lesley Hazleton, Jerusalem Post, 1979 |
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Catholicism
Beserk in the Holy Land - A review of Jerusalem Poker
by Jim Hougan, Harpers Magazine 1978 |
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Deuces
High -A review of Jerusalem Poker by Thomas M Disch, Times
Literary Supplement, 1978 (warning: this review is quite
negative) |
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Cosmic
Cuts - A review of Sinai Tapestry by Eric Korn, Times
Literary Supplement, 1978 |
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History
on a Magic Carpet - A review of Sinai Tapestry by Anthony
Heilbut, The Nation, 1977 |
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The
Oriental Quest of an Orphan from the Bronx - A review
of Quin's Shanghai Circus by Jerome Charyn, New York Times
Book Review,1974 |
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Chinks
in the Armor - A review of Quin's Shanghai Circus by J.S,
Time Magazine 24 June 1974 |
