What is this book/trilogy?
January 4, 2019 8:41 AM Subscribe
I have a trilogy on the tip of my brain but can't seem to identify what it is. Can you help me based on a list of very vague details?
Okay, here are the things I remember about this trilogy:
I strongly associate it with metafilter
It's set in Edinburgh, Scotland
It's speculative fic/sci fi, but some volumes are "weirder" than others
The title starts with a d
It is about one main protagonist who might be sort of a dandy?
It may be out of print
The author may be Black
I thought I was thinking of Dhalgren by Samuel Delany but after reading the Wikipedia synopsis that is emphatically not it. Some of these details may be me confounding Dhalgren with the books I'm actually thinking of.
I also don't think it's the Deptford Trilogy, which I recently started reading, but it's possible. The Edinburgh detail seems very strong in my mind.
Can you hope me?
Okay, here are the things I remember about this trilogy:
I strongly associate it with metafilter
It's set in Edinburgh, Scotland
It's speculative fic/sci fi, but some volumes are "weirder" than others
The title starts with a d
It is about one main protagonist who might be sort of a dandy?
It may be out of print
The author may be Black
I thought I was thinking of Dhalgren by Samuel Delany but after reading the Wikipedia synopsis that is emphatically not it. Some of these details may be me confounding Dhalgren with the books I'm actually thinking of.
I also don't think it's the Deptford Trilogy, which I recently started reading, but it's possible. The Edinburgh detail seems very strong in my mind.
Can you hope me?
Response by poster: Unfortunately, no. I did a bunch of metafilter digging before asking this question but just can't seem to find the right combination of search terms.
posted by Polyhymnia at 9:20 AM on January 4, 2019
posted by Polyhymnia at 9:20 AM on January 4, 2019
Response by poster: Update: I think it actually starts with an L. Larkin? Lachen?
posted by Polyhymnia at 9:35 AM on January 4, 2019
posted by Polyhymnia at 9:35 AM on January 4, 2019
My first guess was Halting State or something else by Charles Stross (Edinburgh, SF, Mefite author) but that particular book doesn't really fit the other categories.
posted by restless_nomad at 9:37 AM on January 4, 2019
posted by restless_nomad at 9:37 AM on January 4, 2019
Response by poster: I just spent five minutes muttering syllables to myself and realized it's "Lanark: A Life in Four Novels" by Alasdair Grey, set in Glasgow, not Edinburgh! Sorry for the wasted question!
posted by Polyhymnia at 9:40 AM on January 4, 2019 [11 favorites]
posted by Polyhymnia at 9:40 AM on January 4, 2019 [11 favorites]
Glad we could help!
posted by ubiquity at 9:42 AM on January 4, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by ubiquity at 9:42 AM on January 4, 2019 [2 favorites]
Do you recommend it?
posted by theora55 at 11:21 AM on January 4, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by theora55 at 11:21 AM on January 4, 2019 [2 favorites]
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