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The Embedding (Gollancz S.F.)

The Embedding (Gollancz S.F.)

by IanWatson (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $5.87
Synopsis

Ian Watson?s brilliant debut novel was one of the most significant publications in British sf in the 1970s. Intellectually bracing and grippingly written, it is the story of three experiments in linguistics, and is driven by a searching analysis of the nature of communication. Fiercely intelligent, energetic and challenging, it immediately established Watson as a writer of rare power and vision, and is now recognized as a modern classic.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 254
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 28 Sep 2000
ISBN 10: 0575071338
ISBN 13: 9780575071339
Book Overview: * 'Fast, invigorating...anthropology, linguistics, despoliation of the environment, consciousness-raising drugs, space travel, alien contact, the CIA, you name it. Watson writes with energy and panache' Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels * 'The most impressive first sf novel to appear in the seventies' Michael Bishop * 'Brilliantly attempts to communicate a precarious truth about what we think is actuality. The effect is quite hallucinating' The Times * 'The most spectacular thing in science fiction since the astounding Solaris' The Spectator

Author Bio
Ian Watson was born in England in 1943 and graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a first class Honours degree in English Literature. He lectured in English in Tanzania (1965-1967) and Tokyo (1967-1970) before beginning to publish SF with Roof Garden Under Saturn for the influential New Worlds magazine in 1969. He became a full-time writer in 1976, following the success of his debut novel The Embedding. His work has been frequently shortlisted for the Hugo and Nebula Awards and he has won the BSFA Award twice. From 1990 to 1991 he worked full-time with Stanley Kubrick on story development for the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence, directed after Kubrick's death by Steven Spielberg; for which he is acknowledged in the credits for Screen Story. Ian Watson lives in Spain.