The Allure

Originally published in Interzone #40, Oct 1990, Richard Calder's short fiction The Allure was title story of the author's first published book, translated by Hisashi Asakura, in Japanese: The Allure (Tankabon Hardcover, Tokyo, Treville, 1991). It is a story of fashion, fashionistas, and fascism, of goon squads come to town, of living clothes, Paris at Night and the transfigured Paris-at-Night that is Godard's Alphaville.


Genre: Science Fiction