Richard Powers
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The Echo Maker


 


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Bibliography of editions of The Echo Maker

  • Morrow, Steven, [Review of The Echo Maker]. Library Journal 131.12 (July 1, 2006): 70(2).
  • [Review of The Echo Maker]. Publishers Weekly (July 10, 2006). Starred Review.
  • [Review of The Echo Maker]. Kirkus Reviews (July 15, 2006), p. 696. Starred Review.
  • Graff, Keir, [Review of The Echo Maker]. Booklist (August, 2006). Starred Review.

  • [Review of The Echo Maker]. Details (September 2006), p. 158.
  • Gibbons, James, "Beyond Recognition." BookForum (Sept/Oct/Nov 2006) p. 9.
  • Weinberg, Steve, [Review of The Echo Maker]. American Way Magazine (September 15, 2006), p. 91
  • Henning, Peter. "In Staub und Schande."  Basler Zeitung (September 22, 2006): 8.
  • Hetzel, Peter M.  "Ein tiefer Blick in die Abgründe der Psyche."  Schweizer Illustrierte (September 25, 2006).

  • Neumann, Brigitte.  "Das Echo der Erinnerung."  NDR Kultur  (September 25, 2006).

  • Passaro, Vince, "Inward Bound." Oprah Magazine  (October, 2006) p. 238.
  • Leonard, John, "New Books." Harper's (October, 2006) p. 79.
  • Shea, Lisa, "Elleshortlist."  Elle (October, 2006) p. 272
  • "Zeichentrickfigurenin einem Meer von realen Personen." Mobil, das Magazin der Bahn (October, no.10, 2006).

  • Champion, Edward (editor). "Echo Maker Roundtable." Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant: A Blog In Tenebrous Standing. (October 2006). A five-part roundtable discussion of The Echo Maker, with participants Judith Zissman, Jessica Stockton, Sarah Weinman, Levi Asher, Jenny Davidson, Dan Wickett, Megan Sullivan, Edward Champion, and Richard Powers.
  • Carton, Evan, "Richard Powers' 'The Echo Maker'." Austin American-Statesman (October 1, 2006) p.
  • Mobilio, Albert, "The Recognitions." Los Angeles Times (October 1, 2006) p. R12.
  • Shechner, Mark, "Echo Maker is science fiction with a surplus of nerve." Buffalo News (October 1, 2006) p. G5
  • "Buch der Woche: "Das Echo der Erinnerung von Richard Powers." (October 1, 2006).
  • Smith, Rod, "Echo Maker." Time Out New York (September 28-October 4, 2006) p. 82.
  • Steinfeld, Thomas. "Das Sein im Nichts des Staates Nebraska." Süddeutsche Zeitung (October 4, 2006).

  • Draf, Stefan. "Fragezeichen im Kopf."  Stern (October 5, 2006).

  • Deresiewicz, William, "Science Fiction."  The Nation (October 6, 2006) p. (Various readers write back in "Awesome Powers." The Nation (December 11, 2006) p.
  • Herwig, Malte, and Matthias Hatussek, .  "Das Hirn der Welt."  Der Spiegel (no.40, 2006[Week of October 2-9]): 164-65
  • Reese, Jennifer, "The Echo Maker."  Entertainment Weekly (October 6, 2006) p. 77.
  • Gambihler, Ralph. "Meine Schwester ist eine andere." Freie Press, Chemnitz  (October 6, 2006).

  • Cryer, Dan, "On the Wings of Love." New York Newsday (October 8, 2006) p. C27.
  • Murray, Matt, "A Three-Sided Search for Meaning." Wall Street Journal (October 7, 2006) p.
  • Faulks, Sebastian, "Lovers and Strangers." Washington Post Book Word (October 8, 2006) p. BW06
  • Kowinski, William, "Cranes, a car crash, and other crises." San Francisco Chronicle (October 8, 2006) p.
  • Caldwell, Gail, "Awakenings." Boston Globe (October 8, 2006)
  • Schülke, Claudia, "Mein Bruder Kranich." Frankfurter Allemeine Zeitung (October 10, 2006).
  • Heyl, Tobias, "Hirnschmalz galore."  Falter (October 10, 2006).
  • Burt, Stephen, "Surprising Powers: Richard Powers's Scientific Humanism." Slate (October 11, 2006)
  • Weinberg, Steve, "The Echo Maker: Exploring Mysteries of Human Memory." Seattle Times (October 13, 2006)
  • Lehnert, Gertrud,  "Die Rätselhaftigkeit des menschlichen Lebens. " Deutschlandradio Kultur  (October 13, 2006).
  • Ebel, Martin. "Wir sind nichts als unsere Geschichten." Tages-Anzeiger  (October 16, 2006).
  • Bartels, Gerrit.  "Schädel, Hirn, Traum."  Der Tagesspiegel  (October 16, 2006): p. 24.
  • Seligman, Craig, "Mysterious Syndrome Traumatizes Hero of Richard Powers Novel." Bloomberg.com (October 20, 2006)
  • Kurp, Patrick, "Brain Drain." Houston Chronicle (October 22, 2006)
  • Oberndorf, Charles, "Powerful novel manages to rise above its flaws." Cleveland Plain Dealer (October 22, 2006)
  • Whitehead, Colson, "Migratory Spirits." The New York Times Book Review (October 22, 2006) p. 22
  • SK.  "Starkes Echo."  Oranienburger Generalanzeiger  (November 2006).
  • "Retrieval."  Seed (November, 2006) p. 92.
  • Rauch, Tanja. "Gefallen."  Bolero -- Zürich  (November, 2006).
  • Gigstad, Judy, "The Echo Maker." Bookreporter (November, 2006).
  • Weingarten, Susanne. "Was heist es, am Leben zu Sein?" Brigitte Extra (November, no.21, 2006).
  • Reed, Kit, "Brother-Sister Act Has Wings."  Hartford Courant (November 5, 2006). G4.
  • Schröder, Christoph.  "Urzeitliche Erinnerung."  Journal Frankfurt  (November 10, 2006).
  • Friddle, Mindy, "Reality Loses Its Footing." The Charlotte Observer (November 11, 2006)
  • Brownworth, Victoria A., "Powers takes extraordinary, elegiac voyage off the edge of the world." Baltimore Sun (November 12, 2006)
  • Küchemann, Fridtjof. "Wenn das Gehirn Sicherheiten anzweifelt."   Hamburger Abendblatt. (November 17, 2006).
  • Thiel, Markus.  "Schein des Seins."  Merkur-Online.  (November 18, 2006).
  • Winslow, Art, "Richard Powers' new novel explores the mysteries of the mind." Chicago Tribune (November 19, 2006) Books, p. 5
  • Oschmann, Reiner.  "Der Tanz der Kraniche."  Neues Deutshland  (November 20, 2006).
  • Schmidt, Kirsten.  "Wenn alle Erinnerungen verloren gehen."   Hamburger Morgenpost (November 21, 2006).
  • Krekeler, Elmar. "Der Mann, der zuviel wusste." Die Welt (November 22, 2006) : 29.
  • Stahhut, Marco. "Der schlaueste Schriftsteller der Welt." Welt am Sonntag (November 26 2006): p. 76.
  • Bush, Catherine, "We Are All Impostors." Toronto globe and mail (December 2, 2006)
  • Hoover, Bob, "'The Echo Maker' by Richard Powers; Powers hunts for new road map in post 9/11 landscape." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (December 3, 2006)
  • Schiff, James, "Prize-winning Novel Depicts World Askew." The News & Observer (December 3, 2006)
  • Martinez, Oskar M., "The Echo Maker: a novel.The Dallas Morning News (December 10, 2006). Reprinted in PopMatters (December 14, 2006)
  • DeBell, Jeff, "The Echo Maker." The Roanoke Times (December 10, 2006).
  • Lamprecht, Stephanie. "Richard Powers."  Hamburger Morgenpost (December 12, 2006).
  • Salafranca, Arja, "Book Review: The Echo Maker." South Africa Star (December 14, 2006)
  • Atwood, Margaret, "In the Heart of the Heartland." The New York Review of Books (December 21, 2006)
  • Lynch, Jim, "Scenes from a world that may not be real." The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (December 23, 2006).
  • Esposito, Scott, "The Echo Maker." Rain Taxi (Winter 2006/2007)
  • Catling, Patrick Skene, "Minds boggling in Nebraska." The Spectator (December 30, 2006)
  • Ness, Patrick, "I Am No One." The Guardian (January 6, 2007)
  • Urquhart, James, "The Echo Maker, by Richard Powers." The Independent (UK) (January 7, 2007)
  • Martin, Tim, "Fall into a coma, lose the plot." The Telegraph (UK) (January 7, 2007)
  • Bate, Jonathan, "America's most thought-provoking novelist." The Telegraph (UK) (January 7, 2007)
  • Gaughran, Richard, "‘The Echo Maker’ Probes Issues Of Personal And National Identity." Harrisonburg Daily News Record (January 11, 2007).
  • Lieske, Tanya, "Letzte Zuflucht an der Biegung des Flusses." Die Zeit (January 11, 2007)
  • Shilling, Jane, "A sledgehammer and a cracked nut." The Times (UK) (January 13, 2007)
  • Kapoor, Mini, "So, Who are We?" Sunday Express (New Delhi) (January 14, 2007)
  • Hiton, Lisa, "Echo makes literary waves." The Daily Free Press (January 18, 2007)
  • Leeman, Merel, "Mysterie van het menselijk brein." De Groene Amsterdammer (January 19, 2007)
  • Barnacle, Hugo, "Double Trouble." The Sunday Times (UK) (January 21, 2007)
  • Bradley, James, "The Echo Maker." The Sydney Morning Herald (January 21, 2007)
  • Phelan, Stephen, "Crash course in neuroscience fiction." The Sunday Herald (UK) (January 27, 2007)
  • Wilson, John,  "Minds Matter: A Novelist Explores the Territory of the Brain." The Weekly Standard (January 29 2007) pp. 34-35
  • Cowart, David, "Mental Ecology." American Book Review (January - February, 2007) p. 16
  • Rabelais, Kevin, "Review: The Echo Maker, by Richard Powers." The Dominion Post (NZ) (February 20, 2007)
  • McCammon, Anne, MD, "The World Gone Strange: The Echo Maker." Neurology Today 7 (4) (February 20, 2007) pp. 35-36,38
  • Wood, Michael, "Don’t you care?" London Review of Books (February 22, 2007)
  • Stark-Smith, Gesse, "Consciousness: the Ultimate Story." The Mac Weekly (Macalester College) (February 23, 2007)
  • Murtaugh, Daniel M., "Altered States," Commonweal (March 23, 2007) pp. 22-23.
  • Wilhelmus, Tom. "What to Know, How to Know It, and How to Use It." Hudson Review Summer 2007 (60.2): 333-339. Reviews five books. "Against the Day," by Thomas Pynchon; "The Echo Maker," by Richard Powers; "The View from Castle Rock," by Alice Munro; "The Lay of the Land," by Richard Ford; "Ten Days in the Hills," by Jane Smiley.
  • Appleyard, Bryan. "Science in Fiction: The Echo Maker by Richard Powers." New Scientist August 25, 2007 (195.2618): 48-48.
  • Copeland, Marion W. "A National Book Award Winner: The Echo Maker: A Novel." Society & Animals Sept. 2007 (15.3): 301-304.
  • Herman, Luc, "The Joy of Sacks: over de Echomaker van Richard Powers." Rekto-Verso (Ghent, Belgium) #25 (September-October 2007) p. 15-16.
  • Mullet, Olive, "Rare neurological disorder propels mystery," The Grand Rapids Press 
  • Villemain, M., "Le Roman Du Cerveau," Le Magazine Des Livres, Sept-Oct, 2008

 

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By David G. Dodd

Copyright 1997-2002 David Dodd.
This is a work in progress.
Any additions, corrections, etc. are more than welcome. Email David Dodd at david.g.dodd at gmail dot com

Last updated: 10/19/2008