Geoffrey Ryman is een gevierd auteur van sciencefiction, fantasy en slipstream-fictie. Zijn werken duiken vaak in complexe thema's en verkennen de menselijke ervaring door middel van onconventionele genre-elementen. Rymans stijl kenmerkt zich door zijn inventiviteit en zijn vermogen om boeiende werelden te creëren die aanzetten tot reflectie op onze eigen realiteit. Zijn kenmerkende benadering van genre-literatuur maakt hem tot een belangrijke stem in de hedendaagse fictie.
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.
In a semi-tropical London, surrounded by paddy-fields, the people feed off the sun, like plants, the young are raised in Child Gardens and educated by viruses, And the Consensus oversees the country, 'treating' non-conformism. Information, culture, law and politics are biological functions. But Milena is different: she is resistant to viruses and an incredible musician, one of the most extraordinary women of her age. This is her story and that of her friends, like Lucy the immortal tumour and Joseph the Postman whose mind is an information storehouse for others, and Rolfa, genetically engineered as a Polar Bear, whose beautiful singing voice first awakens Milena to the power of music.
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?
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.
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...
