Ian Robinson and the artifice of prose

• Sections are often numbered - this allows easier fast scene/viewpoint switches
• Still-camera techniques - on p.71 a scene is described. A character walks through the scene. When they've passed through, the scene description continues
• Common traits/imagery - different people have similar names, interests and habits, making the individual seem less important than the language
• Fragments - there are short sections which seem to be notes for the stories that contain them
• An interest in words - the characters are interested in words. In the title story for example, the main character tries to find the right letters for the sound/meaning of a word he says
• Restricted subject matter - like the early cubists Robinson in this volume uses a reduced range of characters and settings.