River of Gods
by McDonald, Ian
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good+ condition - label on back cover, spine creasing/None
- ISBN 10
- 0575082267
- ISBN 13
- 9780575082267
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About This Item
River of Gods by Ian McDonald
Publisher: Gollancz; First Edition (July 9, 2009)ISBN-10: 0575082267
ISBN-13: 9780575082267Paperback: 592 pages
Dimensions: 5.24 x 1.5 x 7.76 inches
August 15th, 2047. Happy Hundredth Birthday, India ... On the eve of Mother India's hundredth birthday, ten people are doing ten very different things. In the next few weeks, all these people will be swept together to decide the fate of the nation. From gangsters to government advisors, from superstitious street-boys to scientists to computer-generated soap stars, River of Gods shows a civilization in flux - a river of gods.
River of Gods is an epic SF novel as sprawling, vibrant and colourful as the sub-continent it describes. This is an SF novel that blew apart the narrow anglo and US-centric concerns of the genre and ushered in a new global consciousness for the genre.
Publisher: Gollancz; First Edition (July 9, 2009)ISBN-10: 0575082267
ISBN-13: 9780575082267Paperback: 592 pages
Dimensions: 5.24 x 1.5 x 7.76 inches
August 15th, 2047. Happy Hundredth Birthday, India ... On the eve of Mother India's hundredth birthday, ten people are doing ten very different things. In the next few weeks, all these people will be swept together to decide the fate of the nation. From gangsters to government advisors, from superstitious street-boys to scientists to computer-generated soap stars, River of Gods shows a civilization in flux - a river of gods.
River of Gods is an epic SF novel as sprawling, vibrant and colourful as the sub-continent it describes. This is an SF novel that blew apart the narrow anglo and US-centric concerns of the genre and ushered in a new global consciousness for the genre.
Synopsis
River of Gods is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald. It is one of the first works in popular fiction to imagine a futuristic India, inhabited by ancient traditions as well as artificial intelligence, robots and nanotechnology. The novel won the British Science Fiction Award in 2004.
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- Bookseller
- Worldwide Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0217202210
- Title
- River of Gods
- Author
- McDonald, Ian
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ condition - label on back cover, spine creasing
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0575082267
- ISBN 13
- 9780575082267
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 592
- Size
- 5.24 x 1.5 x 7.76 inches
- Keywords
- epic SF novel
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