A01=Ian McDonald
Author_Ian McDonald
bizarre
Category=FL
discovery
dystopia
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fascinating
future
horror
human existence
Los Angeles
nanotechnology
Necroville
Night of the Dead
non-citizens
resurrected
revelation
sci-fi
science fiction
second lives
SF
the essence of non-being.
Product details
- ISBN 9780575098510
- Weight: 294g
- Dimensions: 137 x 199mm
- Publication Date: 10 Mar 2011
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the Los Angeles ghetto of Necroville, the yearly celebration of the Night of the Dead - where the dead are resurrected through the miracle of nanotechnology and live their second lives as non-citizens - becomes a journey of discovery and revelation for five individuals on the run from their pasts.
With his customary flair for making the bizarre both credible and fascinating, McDonald tosses aside the line of demarcation between living and dead in a story that confronts the central quandary of human existence: the essence of non-being.
Ian McDonald was born in Manchester in 1960. His family moved to Northern Ireland in 1965. He now lives in Belfast and works in TV production. The author of many previous novels, including the groundbreaking Chaga books set in Africa, Ian McDonald has long been at the cutting edge of SF. RIVER OF GODS won the BSFA AWARD in 2005, BRASYL won it in 2009.
