title: Chekhov's Journey
text: # Chekhov's Journey
  
  Chekhov's Journey is a novel by Ian Watson published in 1983.
  
  ## Plot summary
  
  Chekhov's Journey is a novel in which a modern-day actor uses hypnosis to simulate Anton Chekhov's 1890 journey through Siberia.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Dave Langford reviewed Chekhov's Journey for White Dwarf #40, and stated that "There are good twists in this neatly executed story, which is as 'conventional' a reality-bending yarn as Watson has written. Lacking the vaulting ambition of his God's World or the outrageousness of the recent Deathhunter, it's good entertainment with some philosophical bite."
  
  ## Reviews
  
  * Review by Faren Miller (1983) in Locus, #267 April 1983
  * Review by Nick Lowe (1983) in Foundation, #28 July 1983
  * Review by John Clute (1983) in Interzone, #5 Autumn 1983
  * Review by Tom Easton (1990) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1990
  * Review by Don D'Ammassa (1991) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #140 June 1991
  