Synopses & Reviews
Ian McDonalds River of Gods—called a "masterpiece" by Asimovs Science Fiction and praised by the Washington Post as "a major achievement from a writer who is becoming one of the best SF novelists of our time"—painted a vivid picture of a near future India, 100 years after independence. It revolutionized SF for a new generation by taking a perspective that was not European or American. Nominated for the Hugo Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and winning the BSFA Award, the rich world of the novel has inspired McDonald to revisit its milieu in a series of short stories, all set in the world of River of Gods.
Cyberabad Days is a triumphant return to the India of 2047, a new, muscular superpower of one and a half billion people in an age of artificial intelligences, climate-change induced drought, water wars, strange new genders, genetically improved children that age at half the rate of baseline humanity, and a population where males outnumber females four to one. India herself has fractured into a dozen states from Kerala to the headwaters of the Ganges in the Himalayas. Cyberabad Days is a collection of seven stories, one Hugo nominee and one Hugo winner among them, as well as a thirthy-one thousand word original novella. As with everything Ian McDonald does, it is sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the year. Featuring:
Sanjeev and Robotwallah (Chosen for The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection and Year's Best SF 13) What happens to the boy-soldier roboteers when the war of Separation is over?
Kyle meets the River A young American in Varanas learns the true meaning of "nation building" in the early days of a new country.
The Dust Assassin Feuding Rajasthan water-rajas find that revenge is a slow, subtle process.
An Eligible Boy An Indian take on Cyrano de Bergerac.
The Little Goddess (Hugo nominee for best novella of 2006) In near future Nepal, a child-goddess discovers what lies on the other side of godhood.
The Djinns Wife (Hugo for best novelette and BSFA short-fiction winner of 2007) A minor Delhi celebrity falls in love with an artificial intelligence, but is it a marriage of heaven and hell?
Vishnu at the Cat Circus A genetically improved "Brahmin" child finds himself left behind as he grows through the final generation of humanity.
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"In these stories, the evocation of the subcontinent isn't sugarcoated but nuanced and sometimes remarkably deep....McDonald's astonishing world is well worth visiting and revisiting." Booklist
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"You can taste the heat of the day on your tongue, feel the press of the crowds in the streets. Cyberabad Days is a brilliant, well-paced short story collection..." Green Man Review
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"No matter what form his fiction takes, McDonald has become one of the surest bets in SF." Bookmarks
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"No matter what form his fiction takes, McDonald has become one of the surest bets in SF." Bookmarks
Synopsis
A collection of 8 stories, one Hugo nominee and one Hugo winner among them, as well as a twenty-five thousand word original novella. As with everything Ian McDonald does, it is sure to be one of the most talked about books of the year.
Synopsis
A collection of eight stories, Cyberabad Days is a triumphant return to the India of 2047, a new, muscular superpower in an age of artificial intelligences, climate-change induced drought, strange new genders, and genetically improved children.
About the Author
Ian McDonald has long been at the cutting edge of SF. He is the author of many science fiction novels, including Desolation Road, King of the Morning, Queen of Day, Out on Blue Six, Chaga, Kirinya, River of Gods, and Brasyl. He has won the Philip K. Dick Award, the Locus Award, and the BSFA Award, and has several nominations for the Hugo Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland.