The Cassini Division by Ken Macleod
'Science fiction's freshest new writer...MacLeod is a fiercely intelligent, prodigiously well-read author who manages to fill his books with big issues without weighing them down.' - SALON 'Engaged, ingenious, and wittily partisan, Ken MacLeod is a one-man revolution, SF's Billy Bragg.' - Asimov's SF Ellen May Ngwethu is a young woman with centuries of experience, no morality and the true knowledge. The world she knows is about to end. The Cassini Division, elite defence force of the Solar Union, sends her on a search for the man whose knowledge could save it. A search that takes her from space to the ruins of London, and back; from the margins of her socialist-anarchist world to its most dangerous edge. The Division's orbital forts around Jupiter are the front line in a centuries-long conflict with post-human AIs, whose intentions are unknown but whose powers once extended to shattering Ganymede and building a wormhole bridge to the far future. Their radio-borne viruses blanket the Solar System, keeping most of its resources from humanity's grasp. But are the post-humans less hostile than they seem? The acclaimed third novel from one of the genre's most exciting new talents. Books by Ken MacLeod: Fall Revolution The Star Fraction The Stone Canal The Cassini Division The Sky Road Engines of Light Cosmonaut Keep Dark Light Engine City Corporation Wars Trilogy Dissidence Insurgence Emergence Novels The Human Front Newton's Wake Learning the World The Execution Channel The Restoration Game Intrusion Descent
A rare but successful fusion of hard SF, space opera and serious political speculation -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Deliciously ironic, brilliantly imagined, MacLeod's witty and intelligent yarn packs a tremendous wallopMore, please! -- KIRKUS REVIEWS
A brilliant novel of ideas, frequently funny, always ingenious. Ken MacLeod brings dramatic life to some of the core issues of technology and humanity. -- VERNOR VINGE
Fascinating...The kind of high-spirited and thought-provoking romp through the solar system unseen since the heyday of John Varley. And it reads at lightning speed. -- ROBERT CHARLES WILSON
This man's going to be a major writer. * Iain M. Banks *
Prose sleek and fast as the technology it describes...Watch this man go global. * Peter F. Hamilton *
Great sci-fi. * FOCUS *
MacLeod still writes with charm and wit. * SFX *
Deliciously ironic, brilliantly imagined, MacLeod's witty and intelligent yarn packs a tremendous wallopMore, please! -- KIRKUS REVIEWS
A brilliant novel of ideas, frequently funny, always ingenious. Ken MacLeod brings dramatic life to some of the core issues of technology and humanity. -- VERNOR VINGE
Fascinating...The kind of high-spirited and thought-provoking romp through the solar system unseen since the heyday of John Varley. And it reads at lightning speed. -- ROBERT CHARLES WILSON
This man's going to be a major writer. * Iain M. Banks *
Prose sleek and fast as the technology it describes...Watch this man go global. * Peter F. Hamilton *
Great sci-fi. * FOCUS *
MacLeod still writes with charm and wit. * SFX *
Since graduating from Glasgow University in 1976, Ken MacLeod has worked as a computer analyst in Edinburgh. He now writes full-time.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781857237306 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857237307 |
| Title | The Cassini Division |
| Author | Ken Macleod |
| Series | Fall Revolutions |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1999-06-03 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award 1999, Short-listed for Arthur C Clarke Award 1999 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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