British Summertime (Gollancz S.F.)

British Summertime (Gollancz S.F.)

by PaulCornell (Author)

Synopsis

Alison can read anything: body language, the shape of a city, the odds on a footballer scoring a goal. She hates it, because what she's reading now is the End of the World. Wing Commander Leyton is a pilot from the future, thrown back in time from an interstellar war to the City of Bath in the early years of the 21st Century. Douglas is a vicious killer, a master of disguise, who's been operating on his own brain to try and make himself into the perfect postmodern citizen. Frederick Cleves is the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, the master of British espionage. Jocelyn is Leyton's navigator. She's a head without a body. The paths of these five map out a quest for Alison's best friend, stolen by the Golden Men, who some call Angels. This quest reaches back to the New Testament, and forward to the end of time: an end which Alison and her friends will have to make terrible sacrifices to prevent.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: New
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 12 Feb 2004

ISBN 10: 0575074043
ISBN 13: 9780575074040
Book Overview: Paul Cornell is one of the most incisive and exciting new young authors writing today His Dr Who books are the best-selling in that genre; he has recently written the new animated Dr Who movie, starring Richard E Grant at the ninth Doctor, for BBC 1 Paul Cornell also writes for television; his Casualty season finale was watched by millions! 'A unique and powerful novel. Cornell's imagination ranges confidently across time and space and the human heart ... Wildly epic and beautifully intimate all at the same time.' Russell T. Davies (Queer as Folk, The Second Coming) 'One of the most relentlessly imaginative books I have ever read. The level of invention would be exhausting were it not leavened with humour, charm and an impeccable pastiche of Dan Dare.' Steven Moffat (Press Gang, Coupling) 'Religion, patriotism, fair play - Paul Cornell does a mean line in messing with everything the British are supposed to hold dear.' Jon Courtenay Grimwood 'Cornell is capable of genuinely moving, eloquent scenes, as well as wild invention and some splendidly outrageous heresy.' Locus

Author Bio
Paul Cornell is the author of six Doctor Who novels, several children's books and six non-fiction TV tie-in books, as well as Something More, his first stand-alone SF novel, published by Gollancz. He has written extensively for television, including Casualty, Coronation Street, Children's Ward and Springhill, and has just been commissioned for an original series for Channel Four. He has written the newest film outing for Dr Who, an animated adventure, featuring a star-studded cast headed by Richard E Grant Paul is also an established TV writer, working on such series as BBC1's Casualty.