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2020 novel by Rian Hughes

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GenreScience fiction

XX

Author	Rian Hughes
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	The Overlook Press
Publication date	2020

XX is a 2020 science fiction novel by writer Rian Hughes.^[1]

Hughes created a new typeface for the novel.^[2] Adapting the novel for e-readers was difficult, and Hughes considers the printed book to be the way the novel "should be read".^[2] Due to its use of graphic elements, artwork, a novel within the novel, asemic writing, and epistolary techniques, it can be considered a work of ergodic literature.

Reception

Neville Hawcock, writing for The Financial Times, praised the graphic elements of the book as an "enjoyable variation" from typical novels.^[1] Lydia Fletcher, in a review published by The Library Journal, criticized the novel as occasionally "difficult to follow" in part due to the "mixed-media" portions.^[3]

References

1 2 Hawcock, Neville (13 August 2020). "XX — a 'novel, graphic' with big ideas, extra bold". The Financial Times. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
1 2 Carter, Dom (26 November 2021). "Rian Hughes on narrative design, creating fonts for aliens, and reinventing the novel". Creative Boom. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
↑ Fletcher, Lydia (6 November 2020). "XX". Library Journal. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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