Holy Fire by Colin Urquhart

Holy Fire by Colin Urquhart

Memory, morality, and immortality merge in this haunting and lyrical triumph from the bestselling author of Schismatrix Plus (Time).

In the late twenty-first century, technology has lengthened lifespans far beyond what was once medically possible. Existence itself has become relatively easy--if boring. In this futuristic paradise, ninety-four-year-old Mia Ziemann longs for something different and undergoes a radical new treatment that restores both her body and mind to that of a twenty-year-old. After her dramatic transformation, Mia finds herself lost in an avant-garde world of passion, designer drugs, and creative expression . . .

Ideas--big ideas--lurk beneath Mia's romp through Sterling's delightfully imagined newly post-human Earth. Art, artifice, the pursuit of immortality, and youth and aging bounce around the story, the characters, and their conversations in imaginative, engaging fashion. . . . In the end, Holy Fire is one of the most interesting, imaginative, and subtly humorous--and relevant for it--novels the cyberpunk/post-human era has produced. . . . Holy Fire may very well be Sterling's] best work. --Speculiction

An intellectual feat, it is also a treat for the spirit and the senses. --Wired

A patented Sterling extra-special. --Newsday

The future Sterling traces is plausible and provocative, particularly his consideration of several contrasting cultures, and of the disenfranchised who are unable to become 'post-human.' Those interested in serious speculative conversation set within a very strange near-future will find this much to their taste. --Publishers Weekly

Andy and Gina are the Senior Pastors of Family Church, a multi-congregational church located in the south of England. He is also the founder of Synergy Alliance, Synergy Christian Churches and Great Big Life, ministries established to see people equipped and empowered to lead effectively both in church and in life. A highly sought-after conference speaker, Andy is very natural and irreligious in his approach, using humour well and often being very animated and unconventional in his delivery. His desire is to lead people to Jesus and help them to discover all that is now available through what Jesus accomplished for them at the cross. His personal mandate: To know the King and to advance His Kingdom. Andy and Gina have five children.

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ISBN 13	9780340342800
ISBN 10	0340342803
Title	Holy Fire
Author	Colin Urquhart
Series	Hodder Christian Paperbacks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Year published	1984-02-01
Number of pages	203
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