An edition of Light (2002)

Light

Bantam trade pbk ed.
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An edition of Light (2002)

Light

Bantam trade pbk ed.
  • 2.50 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 34 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

Comment from Jon Courtenay Grimwood:

Light is the kind of novel other writers read and think: "Why don't I just give up and go home?" That was certainly my first reaction on reading its mix of coldly perfect prose and attractively twisted insanity. It's also the only book to bring me unpleasantly close to sympathising with a serial killer. But this is M John Harrison: so antihero Michael Kearney is a mathematically brilliant, dice-throwing, reality-changing hyper-intelligent serial killer haunted by a horse-skulled personal demon.

Harrison's genius is to tie Kearney's narrative thread to those of Seria Mau – a far-future girl existing in harmony with White Cat, her spaceship, surfing a part of the galaxy known as the Kefahuchi Tract – and Chinese Ed, a sleazy if likeable cyberpunky chancer with a passion for virtual sex.

This is not a kind book, or even a particularly likeable book. But then I suspected it was never intended to be, and the author wouldn't want the kind of people who want to like characters as his readers anyway. What it is is stunningly written, meticulously plotted, hallucinogenically realised and brutally honest. No one who reads it could doubt that Harrison might win the Booker if he could be bothered.

Light is also the book that novelist and critic Adam Roberts was so sure would win the Arthur C Clarke award, he offered to change his name to Adam Van Hoogenroberts if it didn't. We're still waiting . . .

Publish Date
Publisher
Bantam
Language
English
Pages
310

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Light
2019, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
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Light
May 2007, Bantam Books
Paperback - Bantam mass market edition - Printing (1)
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Light
May 1, 2007, Spectra
Mass Market Paperback in English
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Light
2004, Random House Publishing Group
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Light
2004, Bantam
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Light (Gollancz SF S.)
October 31, 2002, Gollancz
Paperback
Cover of: Light
Light
2002, Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English

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New York

Edition Notes

Genre
Fiction, Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6058.A6942 H54 2004, PR6058.A6942 L54 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
310 p. ;
Number of pages
310

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3432572M
Internet Archive
lightharr00harr
ISBN 10
0553382950
LCCN
2005270236
OCLC/WorldCat
56389157
Library Thing
23168
Goodreads
17735

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