Air: Or, Have Not Have

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Richard Alsen, March 25, 2007 (view all comments by Richard Alsen)
Geoff Ryman's Air won the Arthur C Clarke Award last year and so my sf book club recently chose it. The story centres around the impending arrival of Air, a system about to go live that will give everyone, everywhere access to the web directly through their thoughts. (Sound familiar? I know kung-fu). But what sets this book apart from that popular trope is that Ryman sets the scene in a remote Asian village that has never had access to the web before. That contrast, between the last place on earth to go online and the new global culture about to overwhelm their thoughts, gives the story a vitality and a great new slant on a popular sf notion.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780312261214

Author:

Ryman, Geoff

Publisher:

St. Martin's Griffin

Location:

New York

Subject:

Communication

Subject:

Science Fiction - General

Subject:

Science fiction

Subject:

Technological innovations

Subject:

Gay

Subject:

Young women

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

Older women

Subject:

Science Fiction and Fantasy-A to Z

Edition Number:

1st ed.

Edition Description:

Trade Paper

Series Volume:

TR-02-1

Publication Date:

20041031

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

400

Dimensions:

8.26x5.46x1.03 in. .80 lbs.