نووا سوئینگ: یک رمان (مناطق کفاچوچی)

years After Ed Chianese’s Fateful Trip Into The Kefahuchi Tract, The Tract Has Begun To Expand And Change In Ways We Never Could Have Predicted—and, Even More Terrifying, Parts Of It Have Actually Begun To Fall To Earth, Transforming The Landscapes They Encounter. not Far From Moneytown, In A Neighborhood Of Underground Clubs, Body-modification Chop Shops, Adolescent Contract Killers, And Sexy Streetwalking Monas, You’ll Find The Saudade Event Site: A Zone Of Strange Geography, Twisted Physics, And Frightening Psychic Onslaughts—not To Mention The Black And White Cats That Come Pouring Out At Irregular Intervals. vic Serotonin Is A “travel Agent” Into And Out Of Saudade. His Latest Client Is A Woman Who’s Nearly As Unpredictable As The Site Itself—and Maybe Just As Dangerous. She Wants A Tour Just As A Troubling New Class Of Biological Artifacts Are Leaving The Site—living Algorithms That Are Transforming The World Outside In Inexplicable And Unsettling Ways. Shadowed By A Metaphysically Inclined Detective Determined To Shut His Illegal Operation Down, Vic Must Make Sense Of A Universe Rapidly Veering Toward A Virulent And Viral Form Of Chaos…and A Humanity Almost Lost. publishers Weekly in This Dense Quasi-noir Tale Set In The Universe Of light (2004), Harrison Introduces Vic Serotonin, A Ne'er-do-well Who Makes His Living Running Illegal Tours Of The Saudade Event Site, Where Hallucinatory And Impossible Experiences Are The Norm. When Rich Tourist Elizabeth Kielar Hires Him As A Guide And Then Disappears In The Area Around The Site, Things Get Even Stranger Than Usual. Police Detective Lens Aschemann, Who Usually Turns A Blind Eye To The Tourism Business, Threatens Dire Consequences For Vic's Sideline Of Event Site Artifact Smuggling, While Shady Club Owner Paulie Deraad Buys An Artifact That Begins To Change Him In Bizarre Ways. Harrison Privileges Atmosphere Over Plot, Using Grotesquely Beautiful Narration And Elliptical Dialogue To Convey The Beautifully Delineated Angst Of Saudade's Extraordinary Inhabitants. Although Not For Everyone, Harrison's Trippy Style Will Appeal To Sophisticated Readers Who Treasure The Work Of China Miéville And Jeff Vandermeer. (oct.) copyright 2007 Reed Business Information Years after Ed Chianese's fateful trip into the Kefahuchi Tract, the tract has begun to expand and change in ways we never could have predicted--and, even more terrifying, parts of it have actually begun to fall to Earth, transforming the landscapes they encounter. Not far from Moneytown, in a neighborhood of underground clubs, body-modification chop shops, adolescent contract killers, and sexy streetwalking Monas, you'll find the Saudade Event Site: a zone of strange geography, twisted physics, and frightening psychic onslaughts--not to mention the black and white cats that come pouring out at irregular intervals. Vic Serotonin is a "travel agent" into and out of Saudade. His latest client is a woman who's nearly as unpredictable as the site itself--and maybe just as dangerous. She wants a tour just as a troubling new class of biological artifacts are leaving the site--living algorithms that are transforming the world outside in inexplicable and unsettling ways. Shadowed by a metaphysically inclined detective determined to shut his illegal operation down, Vic must make sense of a universe rapidly veering toward a virulent and viral form of chaos ... and a humanity almost lost Set in the unique world first featured in the award-winning Light, here is a story of love, murder, and intergalactic noir on the razors edge of the imagination, as envisioned by the incomparable M. John Harrison. Not far from Moneytown, in a neighborhood of underground clubs, body-modification chop shops, adolescent contract killers, and sexy streetwalking Monas, youll find the Saudade Event a zone of strange geography, twisted physics, and frightening psychic onslaughts. Vic Serotonin is an illegal travel agent into and out of Saudade. His latest client is a woman as unpredictable as the site itselfand maybe as dangerous. She wants a tour inside Saudade just as a troubling new class of biological artifacts have started leavingliving algorithms that are transforming the real world in unsettling ways. Pursued by a detective intent on collaring him for his illegal tours, and hunted by a gangster convinced that the travel agent has infected him with a rogue artifact, Vic must make one final trip as the universe around him rapidly veers toward viral chaos. Vic Serotonin is a "travel agent" into and out of Saudade. His latest client is a woman who's nearly as unpredictable as the site itself - and maybe just as dangerous. She wants a tour just as a troubling new class of biological artifacts are leaving the site -- living algorithms that are transforming the world outside in inexplicable and unsettling ways. Shadowed by a metaphysically inclined detective determined to shut his illegal operation down, Vic must make sense of a universe rapidly veering toward a virulent and viral form of chaos ... and a humanity almost lost