John M. Harrison delivers an extraordinary, genre-bending novel that weaves together mythology, sexuality, and the troubled past and present of Eastern Europe. It begins on a hot May night, when three Cambridge students carry out a ritualistic act that changes their lives. Years later, none of the p[...]
In M. John Harrison's dangerously illuminating new novel, three quantum outlaws face a universe of their own creation, a universe where you make up the rules as you go along and break them just as fast, where there's only one thing more mysterious than darkness.
In contemporary London, Michael K[...]
Out of print in the United States for more than two decades, four early fantasy works by the award-winning author of "Light" are gathered for this omnibus edition. Includes "The Pastel City, A Storm of Wings, The Floating Gods," and "Viriconium Nights."[...]
One of M. John Harrison's most acclaimed novels in a career of near universal acclaim, CLIMBERS is, perhaps, the least fantastical of his novels. Yet it carries life-changing moments, descriptions of landscape bordering on the hallucinogenic and flights of pure fictive power that leave any notion of[...]
In Viriconium, the young men whistle to one another all night long as they go about their deadly games. If you wake suddenly, you might hear footsteps running, or an urgent sigh. After a minute or two, the whistles move away in the direction of the Tinmarket or the Margarethestrasse. The next day, s[...]
John Truck was to outward appearances just another lowlife spaceship captain. But he was also the last of the Centaurans - or at least, half of him was - which meant that he was the only person who could operate the Centauri Device, a sentient bomb which might hold the key to settling a vicious spac[...]
Denne artikkelsamlingen tar blant annet for seg faktorer som bidrar til nyskapning på bygdene, hva som kjennetegner ildsjelene og hvordan en kan mobilisere samarbeid. Med litteraturliste og stikkordregister.[...]
'Light puts most modern fiction to shame. It's a magnificent book' China Mieville
A sequel to the bestselling LIGHT, 'a novel of full-spectrum literary dominance' (The Guardian)
At last: the final book in the awesome Kefahuchi Tract Trilogy!