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When desiccation threatens, you’ll do anything to survive.
Janet Beckett is a science scholarship girl who believes there’s a rational explanation for all paranormal phenomena.
There is, if you happen to meet a know-it-all hippie pixie who lives in a dimensional transcendental toadstool.
Samantha Hamilton-Brown thinks she is 1960's Queen of the Universe and can do as she pleases in her role as new head girl of Toffdene boarding school.
She can, until aliens cut her reign short and screw with the minds of almost every student and teacher in the establishment.
Joe Buckell is leader of a delinquent mod gang and fancies getting his end away with some hoity-toity daughters of the elite.
He does, but not in the way he hopes.
“Quirky, fun and weird in an excellent fashion! …In movie terms, if you were to blend that feel with a sinister, twisted and creepy, but at the same time psychedelic and trippy version of Alice in Wonderland, then you'd be half way there. At times I felt I was myself being caught up in some sort of hallucinogenic dream”.
“I was a huge fan of Enid Blyton's Malory Towers series when I was a little girl and this book has made me nostalgic enough to read them all over again. The tone and language of this book is very similar to the old boarding school novels, when girls go for walks through meadows to picnic on boiled eggs and sardines. It just happens that this boarding school includes mind-altering aliens and some very odd sexual tendencies (ok, maybe not that odd. We've all heard the rumours)”.
“The plot weaves some interesting elements, yes from science fiction, but there are nuances of fantasy, thriller, teenagerisms, and a glimmer or two of erotic undertones that were unexpected and refreshing. …Desiccation is indeed very British, and a reminder that not all science fiction has to be about star ships, lasers and one dimensional bad guys who want to kill everything for a random clichéd reason”.
- Sales Rank: #5192294 in Books
- Published on: 2015-12-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .69" w x 5.00" l, .66 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 274 pages
About the Author
Sarah lives in a house with panoramic views over the English Channel. When not writing novels, she pens haiku and tanka poems, takes nature photographs, grapples with bindweed and snails in the garden, invents recipes, and sings mezzo-soprano.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Classic, endearing and quintessential British sci-fi!
By Dave
It's hard not to judge a book by its cover, and though Desiccation pays decent homage to the golden era of 1960's sci-fi, the story is more a blend of different genres. The first dozen pages or so I wasn’t entirely comfortable with the story. I can’t put my finger on why, maybe it was a little out of my usual genre, though that’s not a reflection of the story as I do enjoy delving into a different genre.
Set in a girl’s boarding school rife with characters from 1960’s British upper class, I floundered a little with the names – Miss Dandridge, Miss Featherstone and the hoity Samantha Hamilton-Brown, who I actually quite liked as an elitist snob. However, as their personalities blossomed I grew to both like and indeed loath those that inhabit Toffdene School.
What kept me going beyond those first pages was the rich, almost lyrical and poetic narrative. It reminded me a little of my first primary school – oak wall panels that were polished and tarnished at the same time, the smell of oldness, wood, leather, hockey sticks, thick strawberry custard poured from large battered metal jugs and no sign of a vending machine or fast food, save sweeties bought from the tuck shop!
Desiccation has at its heart a quintessential Britishness that is both endearing and at times off putting. The reason why is because the Brits depicted are so concerned with saying the right thing in the right way so not to offend, that even when something terrifying is just around the corner, reaching for them in the dark, they can’t help but be profoundly polite about it all. Well, most of the time, until the airs and graces are dropped and the potty mouth comes out for a quick quip or two.
I guess the reason why I found it off putting, at first, is that although I am British and often fall into the trappings of being polite, I tend to lean toward the Yankee sensibility of speaking my mind rather than beating about the bush to avoid offending someone. However, I enjoyed how Janet managed to maintain that sense of “being proper” even when faced with astonishing situations.
For me the sci-fi element seeps in so slow I barely noticed it was there for quite some time until the penny dropped and I thought “Ah, so it’s like that, right?” Except it wasn’t because the plot weaves some interesting elements, yes from science fiction, but there are nuances of fantasy, thriller, teenagerisms, and a glimmer or two of erotic undertones that were unexpected and refreshing.
I can’t write a fair review without saying what didn’t work for me. I found Quillin’s need for Janet to go home and save her brother a bit of an anti-climax because no sooner had they got home than they were whisked back to school. It felt like a build up to nothing. And whilst the point of view of Andy/Joe/Samantha/ was well written, I wanted to read the same scene from Janet’s view point, or at least switch back to her again.
I didn’t quite get where Janet’s affection for Joe came from. That seemed a bit pushed later on, whereas there was little mention of her attraction to him earlier for me to believe it, unless I missed that bit. I would have liked to read a scene or two where Samantha was practicing séances, not only for the tension and creepy factor, but to make the connection between the bad guys and her psychic powers more believable or memorable.
That being said neither of these things detracted from the enjoyment of the story. Desiccation is indeed very British, and a reminder that not all science fiction has to be about star ships, lasers and one dimensional bad guys who want to kill everything for a random clichéd reason. Like I said before this is a story of subtle blends of genres that work very well together.
So, if you fancy a sci-fi tale that treads off the beaten track, but at the same time manages to hark back to those glory days when the genre was in its infancy, I whole heartedly recommend Desiccation. It’s a quirky and enjoyable story that surprised and entertained me.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Learning UK words
By Kimberly Floria
When I first started reading Desiccation I was a little confused with some of the British word usage that is slightly different from what I read in the US. I stayed persistent and finally got a flow. Sarah pulled me into the story. I wanted to know who theses people were and how they were invading the school. These beings are a bit perverted. I had no idea how the story was going to end and who was going to survive. I wasn't disappointed. It is worth spending time to read. One thing for sure Sarah has one heck of an imagination. Pick this book and you will be in for a reading a treat.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
And what a good thing too
By Dale Rogerson
This may be a book intended for young adults but that never stopped me before; Harry Potter, anyone? ;-)
This does not fall into the genre I usually pick up but since a friend wrote it, of course I had to read it! And what a good thing too. Though I struggled a bit with the very British language at times, (was on vacation with no dictionary and no Internet!) mostly in the beginning, I did not let it deter me from continuing on and eventually was right in the thick of it.
The science fiction aspect is almost insidious. It starts off as a story of a bright, scholarly girl named Janet trying to fit into her snobbish private school. She starts noting that very strange things are going on around her and, instead of succumbing to the seeming madness, is lucky enough to have a guardian angel in the form of a pixie named Quillin. I wish a Pixie kiss would clear up my skin!
I could not put it down and got totally enraptured by the story. Sarah Potter has a wonderful imagination and I do not hesitate to recommend this book - to both young and older adults!
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