Chung Mae is the only connection her small farming village has to culture of a wider world beyond the fields and simple houses of her village. A new communications technology is sweeping the world and promises to connect everyone, everywhere without power lines, computers, or machines. This technology is Air. An initial testing of Air goes disastrously wrong and people are killed from the shock. Not to be stopped, Air is arriving with or without the blessing of Mae's village. Mae is the only one who knows how to harness Air and ready her people for its arrival, but will they listen before it's too late?
Geoff Ryman Knihy
Geoffrey Ryman je uznávaným autorom science fiction, fantasy a slipstream fikcie. Jeho diela sa často zaoberajú komplexnými témami a skúmajú ľudskú skúsenosť prostredníctvom nekonvenčných žánrových prvkov. Rymanov štýl je charakteristický svojou nápaditosťou a schopnosťou vytvárať pútavé svety, ktoré podnecujú k zamysleniu nad našou vlastnou realitou. Jeho jedinečný prístup k žánrovej literatúre z neho robí významnú postavu modernej beletrie.







Dotty, old and maybe crazy, sees The Wizard of Oz on TV, and recognizes it as her own story.
Dorothy, orphaned in the 1870s, goes to live with her Aunty Em and Uncle Henry. Baby Frances sings with her family on stage in the 1920s. From the settling of the West and the heyday of the studios, to the metropolis of modern Los Angeles, this book follows the development of the USA.
A great king unites a warring nation, and his writings later inspire hope for those dealing with the tragic legacy of modern Cambodia's tumultuous history.
The Child Garden
- 320 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
'Angela Carter meets Derek Jarman's Jubilee in a Max Ernst landscape. Excellent' Time Out
253
- 256 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
A cult classic in the making. 253 is the novel about everyone you've ever met and wished you hadn't or wished you could again.
The Unconquered Country
A Life History
When Third was a little girl, the Unconquered Country was tranquil, ordered and happy, its traditions proud and strong. But one day the Neighbours came, armed with weapons given to them by the Big People. And with them came the Sharks. They invaded and occupied the Unconquered Country and brough pain, terror and great change in their wake...
The long-awaited new book from multi-award winner Geoff Ryman. An extraordinary science-fiction novel about identity, divinity and alternate reality – the story of the son of God.
Menschen in extremen Situationen. Darf man seinen eigenen Körper verkaufen, wenn es ums Überleben geht? Sind im Krieg gegen einen übermächtigen Feind alle Mittel erlaubt? Lastet die Schuld der Väter auch auf unseren Schultern, und wie sollen wir damit umgehen? Ein visionärer Kurzroman über die Zukunft der Biotechnologie, die uns längst eingeholt hat; die Legende eines Kriegers, von dem die Samurai viel lernen könnten; eine kambodschanische Geistergeschichte von allergrößter politischer Brisanz - Geoff Ryman geleitet uns in diesen sechs Erzählungen mit geradezu traumwandlerischer Sicherheit in exotische Gefilde, konfrontiert uns mit atemberaubender Schönheit und grenzenlosem Grauen.

