Synopses & Reviews
A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap and data is cheaper.
When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boriss ex-lover Miriam is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the data stream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin Isobel is infatuated with a robotnika cyborg ex-Israeli soldier who might well be begging for parts. Even his old flame Carmela hunted data-vampirehas followed him back to a planet where she is forbidden to return.
Rising above all is Central Station, the interplanetary hub between all things: the constantly shifting Tel Aviv; a powerful virtual arena and the space colonies where humanity has gone to escape the ravages of poverty and war. Everything is connected by the Others, powerful entities who, through the Conversationa shifting, flowing stream of consciousnessare just the beginning of irrevocable change.
Review
Pre-publication praise for
Central StationIf you want to know what SF is going to look like in the next decade, this is it.”
Gardner Dozois, editor of the best-selling Years Best Science Fiction series
On Osama
Bears comparison with the best of Philip K. Dick” The Financial Times
Exceptional” World Literature Today
On The Violent Century
A tour de force” James Ellroy, bestselling author of L.A. Confidential
A stunning masterpiece” The Independent
A new masterpiece” Library Journal
Unforgettable” Jewish Standard
On A Man Lies Dreaming
A twisted masterpiece” Guardian
Unmissable” The Telegraph
Incredible” Tor.com
On The Bookman
"An emerging master" Locus
"A steampunk treasure" SFF World
"Sparks like a Roman candle" Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
An NPR Best Book of 2016
An Amazon Featured Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Book
A Guardian Best SF & Fantasy Book of 2016
Longlist, British Science Fiction Award 2016, Best Novel
It's all of science fiction distilled into a single book."
--Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine
A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper.
When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris's ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin is infatuated with a robotnik--a damaged cyborg soldier who might as well be begging for parts. His father is terminally-ill with a multigenerational mind-plague. And a hunted data-vampire has followed Boris to where she is forbidden to return.
Rising above them is Central Station, the interplanetary hub between all things: the constantly shifting Tel Aviv; a powerful virtual arena, and the space colonies where humanity has gone to escape the ravages of poverty and war. Everything is connected by the Others, powerful alien entities who, through the Conversation--a shifting, flowing stream of consciousness--are just the beginning of irrevocable change.
At Central Station, humans and machines continue to adapt, thrive...and even evolve.
About the Author
British Science Fiction and World Fantasy Awardwinning author
Lavie Tidhar was born in Israel. He has lived all over the world, including in Vanuatu, Laos, and South Africa, and is currently making his home in London. Tidhar has been compared to Philip K. Dick by the
Guardian and to Kurt Vonnegut by
Locus. His most recent novels,
The Violent Century and
A Man Lies Dreaming, were published to rapturous reviews in the UK, with the
Independent both referring to them as masterpieces.”