Nova Swing by M. John Harrison (English) Paperback Book

Description: Nova Swing by M. John Harrison A sequel to the bestselling LIGHT, a novel of full-spectrum literary dominance (GUARDIAN). FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description It is some time after Ed Chianeses trip into the Kefahuchi Tract. A major industry of the Halo is now tourism. The Tract has begun to expand and change, but, more problematically, parts of it have also begun to fall to earth, piecemeal, on the Beach planets.We are in a city, perhaps on New Venusport or Motel Splendido: next to the city is the event site, the zone, from out of which pour new, inexplicable artefacts, organisms and escapes of living algorithm - the wrong physics loose in the universe. They can cause plague and change. An entire department of the local police, Site Crime, exists to stop them being imported into the city by adventurers, entradistas, and the men known as travel agents, profiteers who can manage - or think they can manage - the bad physics, skewed geographies and psychic onslaughts of the event site.But now a new class of semi-biological artefact is finding its way out of the site, and this may be more than anyone can handle. Notes The sequel to the sci-fi novel Light, which was a highly acclaimed bestseller. An awesomely fluent and versatile prose stylist. Independent. Author Biography M. John Harrison was born in the Peak District and now lives in London. Promotional M. John Harrison is one of Britains most accomplished writers, lauded for his style and prose An awesomely fluent and versatile prose stylist INDEPENDENT LIGHT was his critically acclaimed return to SF after many years: a bestseller for Gollancz LIGHT is a novel of visionary power TLS I think this will soon be regarded as one of the most dazzling novels of its genre DAILY TELEGRAPH An amazing book: not just a triumphant return to science fiction, but an injection of style and content that will light up the genre Michael Marshall Smith (aka Michael Marshall), bestselling author of THE STRAW MEN LIGHT is brilliant Iain M. Banks One of the rare authors to feature in both masterworks lists, with THE CENTAURI DEVICE (SF) and VIRICONIUM (Fantasy) Kirkus US Review Not a sequel to, rather a consequence of, Harrisons eerie space opera, Light (2004). When a piece of the mysterious alien Kefahuchi Tract crashed into the city Saudade, it created a weird event site to which people are drawn in the hope of gaining a glimpse of realities beyond human comprehension. Those that enter the site are changed, contaminated or absorbed by the strangeness inside. Some never come out at all. Others merely want to have sex within sight of it. Meanwhile, things emerge too: "cats," who later return as mysteriously as they came; "people," who sing and dance and attempt to have sex only to fade and vanish; or metamorphosing objects such as that retrieved by "entradista" Vic Serotonin. Ineffectually patrolling the borderlands are the Site Crime police, led by Albert Einstein look-alike detective Lens Aschemann, whose need to understand his dead wife transforms into an obsession with the site itself. Vic sells his artifact to gangster Paulie DeRaad, unaware that its contaminated by malignant code. Some of the emerging "people" persist and take on human qualities; Elizabeth Kielar, Vics current client, may be one of these, as Aschemanns late wife also may have been. Other folk, like burned-out ex-starship pilot Fat Antoyne and bar owner Liv Hula, avoid the trap the site represents and content themselves with contemplating the rain, the cats and the behavior of those around them. There are consequences for all the characters, and eventually the novel - so dense, demanding and intelligent that it reads as if it were four times the length - insinuates them.A cross between J. G. Ballards intense, static The Drowned World and Arkady and Boris Strugatskys terrifying Roadside Picnic. The upshot: This science-fiction noir cum literary and social criticism is memorable, perplexing and challenging in equal measure. (Kirkus Reviews) Prizes Winner of Arthur C. Clarke Award 2007 (UK) Winner of Philip K. Dick Award 2008 (UK) Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 2007 (UK) Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 2007 (UK) Long Description It is some time after Ed Chianeses trip into the Kefahuchi Tract. A major industry of the Halo is now tourism. The Tract has begun to expand and change, but, more problematically, parts of it have also begun to fall to earth, piecemeal, on the Beach planets.We are in a city, perhaps on New Venusport or Motel Splendido: next to the city is the event site, the zone, from out of which pour new, inexplicable artefacts, organisms and escapes of living algorithm - the wrong physics loose in the universe. They can cause plague and change. An entire department of the local police, Site Crime, exists to stop them being imported into the city by adventurers, entradistas, and the men known as travel agents, profiteers who can manage - or think they can manage - the bad physics, skewed geographies and psychic onslaughts of the event site.But now a new class of semi-biological artefact is finding its way out of the site, and this may be more than anyone can handle. Review Quote I think this will soon be regarded as one of the most dazzling novels of its genre-- DAILY TELEGRAPH Promotional "Headline" A sequel to the bestselling LIGHT, a novel of full-spectrum literary dominance (GUARDIAN). Description for Sales People M. John Harrison is one of Britains most accomplished writers, lauded for his style and prose. Details ISBN057507969X Publisher Orion Publishing Co Series Gollancz S.F. Year 2007 ISBN-10 057507969X ISBN-13 9780575079694 Format Paperback Publication Date 2007-11-08 Imprint Gollancz Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Media Book Author M. John Harrison Pages 272 Birth 1945 Language English Series Number 2 UK Release Date 2007-11-08 Audience General NZ Release Date 2007-12-31 AU Release Date 2007-12-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136426525;

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