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The Modern World (Gollancz S.F.)

The Modern World (Gollancz S.F.)

by StephSwainston (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

    $4.78
Synopsis

The third of the castle novels will take the reader ever deeper into a world of beauty and terror. A world led by an immortal emperor and the circle; his 50 immortal helpers. It is a world with an absentee god, a world that has been fighting a war against giant insects. A world like no other. There will be more insights into Jant, the emperors vain winged messenger, and the shift, the surreal other life Jant enters when he overdoses on his drug of choice and where he meets the dead in a land that defies logic. This is a fantasy series like no other - a literary fantasy with the verve and originality to stand alongside the best of Mervyn Peake, M. John Harrison and China Mieville.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: 0
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 13 Nov 2008
ISBN 10: 0575082216
ISBN 13: 9780575082212
Book Overview: Steph Swainston has rapidly become established as the most exciting voice in literary fantasy since China Mieville. 9 foreign rights deals so far. Superb reviews for THE YEAR OF OUR WAR and NO PRESENT LIKE TIME Shortlisted for John W. Campbell award

Media Reviews
Swainston combines light and dark, gore and grime with cheeky humour. SFX Swainston paints a world that is vividly rendered, detailed and surprisingly gritty. Imaginative, inventive and wholly thrilling stuff. SCI FI NOW
Author Bio
Steph Swainston is a qualified archaeologist with a degree from Cambridge and a research degree. She worked as archaeologist for six years, working on the dig that researched the oldest recorded burial site in the UK, before working as an information scientist. She lives in Wokingham