Holy Fire (Bantam Spectra Book Ser.)

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Synopsis
Memory, morality, and immortality merge in this &“haunting and lyrical triumph&” from the bestselling author of Schismatrix Plus (Time). In the late twenty-first century, technology has lengthened lifespans far beyond what was once medically possible. Existence itself has become relatively easy—if boring. In this futuristic paradise, ninety-four-year-old Mia Ziemann longs for something different and undergoes a radical new treatment that restores both her body and mind to that of a twenty-year-old. After her dramatic transformation, Mia finds herself lost in an avant-garde world of passion, designer drugs, and creative expression . . . &“Ideas—big ideas—lurk beneath Mia&’s romp through Sterling&’s delightfully imagined newly post-human Earth. Art, artifice, the pursuit of immortality, and youth and aging bounce around the story, the characters, and their conversations in imaginative, engaging fashion. . . . In the end, Holy Fire is one of the most interesting, imaginative, and subtly humorous—and relevant for it—novels the cyberpunk/post-human era has produced. . . . Holy Fire may very well be [Sterling&’s] best work.&” —Speculiction &“An intellectual feat, it is also a treat for the spirit and the senses.&” —Wired &“A patented Sterling extra-special.&” —Newsday &“The future Sterling traces is plausible and provocative, particularly his consideration of several contrasting cultures, and of the disenfranchised who are unable to become &‘post-human.&’ Those interested in serious speculative conversation set within a very strange near-future will find this much to their taste.&” —Publishers Weekly
Copyright:
1996

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
361 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781504063081
Publisher:
Open Road Media
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Bruce Sterling
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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