Blackfish City: A Sci-Fi Novel of Political Corruption and Resistance in a Climate-Torn, Floating Arctic City - Couverture souple

Miller, Sam J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062684876 ISBN 13 : 9780062684875

Editeur : Ecco, 2018

Synopsis

“One of the most intriguing future cities in years.” —Charlie Jane Anders

“Simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder.” —Ann Leckie

After the climate wars, a floating city is constructed in the Arctic Circle, a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering, complete with geothermal heating and sustainable energy. The city’s denizens have become accustomed to a roughshod new way of living, however, the city is starting to fray along the edges—crime and corruption have set in, the contradictions of incredible wealth alongside direst poverty are spawning unrest, and a new disease called “the breaks” is ravaging the population.

When a strange new visitor arrives—a woman riding an orca, with a polar bear at her side—the city is entranced. The “orcamancer,” as she’s known, very subtly brings together four people—each living on the periphery—to stage unprecedented acts of resistance. By banding together to save their city before it crumbles under the weight of its own decay, they will learn shocking truths about themselves. 

Blackfish City is a remarkably urgent—and ultimately very hopeful—novel about political corruption, organized crime, technology run amok, the consequences of climate change, gender identity, and the unifying power of human connection. 

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sam J. Miller is the Nebula-Award-winning author of The Art of Starving (an NPR best of the year) and Blackfish City (a best book of the year for Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, and more). A recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and a graduate of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop, Sam's short stories have been nominated for the World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus Awards, and reprinted in dozens of anthologies. A community organizer by day, he lives in New York City.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

When a strange new visitor arrives in a floating city in the Arctic—humanity’s last hope after the ravages of climate change—the city is entranced. She’s riding an orca and has a polar bear at her beck and call. She’s called “the orcamancer,” and she very subtly unites four desperate people to stage unprecedented acts of resistance. By banding together, they will learn shocking truths about themselves—and save their city before it crumbles under the weight of its own decay.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ecco
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0062684876
• ISBN 13: 9780062684875
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
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