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Steve Erickson

Born

in Santa Monica, California, The United States

April 20, 1950

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Steve Erickson is a distinguished American novelist known for a visionary, dream-fueled style that blends European modernism with American pulp and postmodernism. Raised in Los Angeles, he studied film and political philosophy at UCLA, influences that permeate celebrated works such as Days Between Stations, Tours of the Black Clock, and Zeroville. Critics, including Greil Marcus, have labeled him "the only authentic American surrealist," placing him in the lineage of Pynchon and DeLillo. His most acclaimed novel, Shadowbahn, was hailed as a masterpiece even prior to its release and was later adapted for BBC Radio. A "writer’s writer," Erickson has published ten novels translated into over a dozen languages, consistently appearing on best ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 20,047 ratings · 2,524 reviews · 54 distinct works • Similar authors

	Zeroville 4.09 avg rating — 3,241 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Days Between Stations 3.98 avg rating — 1,134 ratings — published 1985	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadowbahn 3.44 avg rating — 1,291 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tours of the Black Clock really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 963 ratings — published 1989 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sea Came in at Midnight 3.81 avg rating — 993 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rubicon Beach 4.01 avg rating — 709 ratings — published 1986 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arc d'X 3.98 avg rating — 587 ratings — published 1993 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Dreams of You 3.92 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amnesiascope: A Novel 3.73 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Ecstatic Days 3.90 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Steve Erickson

Kristin (2 books)
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Steve Erickson

3.84 avg rating — 1,447 ratings

Black Clock (11 books)
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4.10 avg rating — 40 ratings

Quotes by Steve Erickson (?)

“a dream is only a memory of the future”
― steve erickson

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“If I had it to do all over again . . . I wouldn't change a thing.'. . . the final expression of narcissism, the last gesture of self-congratulation.”
― Steve Erickson, The Sea Came in at Midnight

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“I began composing the next poem, the one that was to be written next. Not the last poem of those I had read, but the poem written in the head of someone who may never have existed but who had certainly written another poem nonetheless, and just never had the chance to commit it to ink and the page.”
― Steve Erickson, Rubicon Beach

tags: fantasy, myth, poetry

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Il libro di Talbott di Chuck Palahniuk

15 votes, 27.3%

L'uomo che cade di Don DeLillo

11 votes, 20.0%

Vergogna di J.M. Coetzee

9 votes, 16.4%

La straniera di Claudia Durastanti

7 votes, 12.7%

Shadowbahn di Steve Erickson

5 votes, 9.1%

The Weird and the Eerie. Lo strano e l'inquietante nel mondo contemporaneo di Mark Fisher

2 votes, 3.6%

Persone care di Vera Giaconi

2 votes, 3.6%

Stabat mater di Tiziano Scarpa

2 votes, 3.6%

La volatilità dell'amore di Uwe Timm

2 votes, 3.6%

L'uomo che trema di Andrea Pomella

0 votes, 0.0%

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