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Article: The Journey of 253 Lifetimes.(Review) (book reviews)
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- The Review of Contemporary Fiction
- Article date:
- March 22, 1999
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Geoff Ryman. 253: The Journey of 253 Lifetimes. St. Martin's Griffin, 1998. 364 pp. Paper: $14.95.
Originally created for the Internet by Geoff Ryman (http://www.rymannovel.com), an expatriate Canadian living in England, 253 is a captivating, truly original novel about 253 people whose lives intersect during a brief ride on a London tube train. The title refers to the novel's characters: 252 passengers and the driver (who ultimately falls asleep at the throttle), all of who have their own page to tell their stories ... in 253 words each. The novel's chronology is the brief seven-and-a-half minutes it takes the subway train to make the Bakerloo line ride from ...