Declare 2741168 223506975 2008-07-04T10:54:59Z Alaibot 1324179 Robot: sorting stub (based on existing categorisation) {{Infobox Book | <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books]] --> | name = Declare | title_orig = | translator = | image = <!--prefer 1st edition--> | image_caption = | author = [[Tim Powers]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = | language = [[English language|English]] | series = | genre = [[Fantasy novel|Fantasy]], [[Spy novel]] | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | release_date = 2001 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print ([[Paperback]], [[Hardcover]]) | pages = 517 pages (Hardcover) | isbn = ISBN 0-380-79836-0 (Paperback)<br>ISBN 0-380-97652-8 (Hardcover) | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Declare''''' ([[2001 in literature|2001]]) is a [[supernatural]] spy novel by [[Tim Powers]]. It presents a [[secret history]] of the [[cold war]] in which an agent for a secret [[United Kingdom|British]] spy organization learns the true nature of several beings living on [[Mount Ararat]]. In this he is opposed by real-life [[communist]] [[traitor]] [[Kim Philby]], who did travel extensively in the region. Philby's father, [[St. John Philby]], was a noted [[Arabist]] whose book ''The Empty Quarter'' (on the [[Empty Quarter|Rub' al Khali]]) was extensively used as source material for the novel. In 2001 ''Declare'' won both the [[World Fantasy Award]] for [[World Fantasy Award for Best Novel|Best Novel]] and the [[International Horror Guild Award]] for Best Novel. It also appeared on the final ballot for the [[Nebula Award]], however it was later determined to be ineligible due to the limited edition that appeared the year prior to the trade edition.[http://www.sfwa.org/News/declare.htm] ==Characters== * Andrew Hale, protagonist * James Theodora, Hale's commanding officer in the [[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]] * Elena Teresa Ceniza-Bendiga * [[Kim Philby]] ==See also== [[Charles Stross]]'s ''[[The Atrocity Archives]]'' is another supernatural espionage thriller, though with an explicitly [[H. P. Lovecraft]]ian feel. ==External links== *[http://www.theworksoftimpowers.com The Works of Tim Powers], the author's authorized website, has an [http://www.theworksoftimpowers.com/powers/interview9.htm interview] focusing on ''Declare'', and an extensive [http://www.theworksoftimpowers.com/powers/declare.htm publishing history] of the book with images from and of the various editions. *Powers [http://www.locusmag.com/1998/Issues/03/Powers.html comments] on the genesis of the book in an interview in the March 1998 issue of ''[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]]''. He [http://www.locusmag.com/2002/Issue02/Powers.html comments] on its relationship to actual history and [[Roman Catholicism]] in an interview in the February 2002 ''Locus''. [[Category:Novels by Tim Powers]] [[Category:Fantasy novels]] [[Category:2001 novels]] {{2000s-fantasy-novel-stub}}