Dick award, the bsfa award five times, locus award, a hugo award, and the theodore sturgeon memorial award. It is a thing of hooks sunk into every part of you, parts that you would not think could feel loss like thumbs and lips, hooks moored to wind and memory so that slightest disturbance, the slightest act of recall, tugs at those fine lines. Ian mcdonald its 2047, and the centennial of indias nationhood approaches. Already nominated for a hugo award, mcdonald uses his latest work to. Ian mcdonald has written the great indian novel of the new millennium, in which a war is fought, a love betrayed, a message from a different world decoded, as the great river.
River of gods book by ian mcdonald 6 available editions. Common cyberpunk and science fiction cliches have been augmented with cliches about india, but i found no memorable, novel, or substantial ideas in river of gods. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. River of gods is an epic science fiction novel, as sprawling, vibrant and colourful as the subcontinent it describes. For several other people called ian mcdonald or a similar spelling, see ian mcdonald ian mcdonald born 1960 is a british science fiction novelist, living in belfast. River of gods is an epic sf novel as sprawling, vibrant and colourful as the subcontinent it describes. This is a novel that blew apart the narrow anglo and uscentric concerns of the genre, and ushered in a new global consciousness for science fiction as a whole. On top of that, none of the characters are compelling, the plot is slowmoving and largely predictable, and mcdonald. As mother india approaches her centenary, nine people are going about their business a.
I read the dervish house and river of gods sequentially and can emphatically state that the latter is a far superior work. He is based in belfast where he lives with his partner. Not only did one not have to deal with a foreign alphabet but the story was better from a science fiction point of view. It depicts a futuristic india in 2047, a century after its independence from britain, characterized both by ancient traditions and advanced technologies such as artificial intelligences, robots and nanotechnology. His themes include nanotechnology, postcyberpunk settings, and the impact of rapid social and technological change on. In the next few weeks, all these people will be swept together to decide the fate of the nation. The river of gods is the ganga, flowing down from the himalayas through the north indian plain to the bay of bengal. The first edition of the novel was published in june 7th 2004, and was written by ian mcdonald. It depicts a futuristic india in 2047, a century after its independence from britain. River of gods india 2047 book 1 kindle edition by mcdonald, ian. The main characters of this science fiction, fiction story are. River of gods by ian mcdonald paperback book free shipping.
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From gangsters to government advisors, from superstitious streetboys to scientists to computergenerated soap stars, river of gods shows a civilization in flux a river of gods. Ian mcdonald is a new author for me and my picking up the tome which is river of gods was a daunting endeavor. Nominated for the 2005 hugo award for best novel losing to susanna clarkes jonathan strange and mr norrell, river of gods is an ambitious look at 2047 india by ian mcdonald. In river of gods, however, ian mcdonald found a place for a little bit of everything in the caldron of indias future. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. As mother india approaches her centenary, nine people are going about their business a gangster, a cop, his wife, a politician, a standup comic, a set designer, a journalist, a scientist, and a dropout. There are a few, small instances of meta in river of gods, ian mcdonalds near future novel set in india, 2047.
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A journey into indias future ian mcdonald s faithful readership will be well rewarded with the publication of his new novel, river of gods, which represents imaginative, extrapolative science fiction at its best. River of gods is a 2004 science fiction novel by british writer ian mcdonald. River of gods by ian mcdonald nook book ebook barnes. River of gods teems with the life of a country choked with peoples and the publisher says.