A Strange and Brilliant Light: Winner of the Writers Guild Best First Novel Award
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A Strange and Brilliant Light: Winner of the Writers Guild Best First Novel Award by Eli Lee
WINNER of the WRITERS' GUILD BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD! A riveting, thought-provoking speculative literary novel exploring the impact of the AI revolution through the eyes of three very different young women
Important ideas are wrapped in an absorbing, character-driven novel that's also a thought-provoking consideration of the ways we might cope with something that is already happening all around us* LISA TUTTLE, The Guardian *
Mind-bending * CAROLE STIVERS, bestselling author of THE MOTHER CODE *
A disquieting take on Big Tech's plans for the future of work * GWYNETH JONES, author of the Arthur C. Clarke-winning BOLD AS LOVE *
If you like small, intimate fiction that asks very big questions, this is the perfect novel for you * FANFIADDICT *
Smoothly written * FINANCIAL TIMES *
a beautifully written, thought provoking novel * MUSE'S BOOK JOURNAL *
Lee gives the reader a massive amount to ponder as well as delivering a brilliantly written and absorbing story about some very real people * BLUE BOOK BALLOON *
Incredibly thought provoking * A LITTLE HAZE BOOK BLOG *
A slickly written and enjoyable novel * SFCROWSNEST *
Thoughtful... provides much food for thought * PAR SEC MAGAZINE *
Eli Lee has done a remarkable job revealing the human side of AI . . . Often bleak, A Strange and Brilliant Light is also sad, hopeful, funny, and brilliant, such that I expect to see it on a lot of award lists. It will, I hope, inspire many to think long and hard about what we want our future to be like * THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION REVIEW *
Often bleak, A Strange and Brilliant Light is also sad, hopeful, funny, and brilliant, such that I expect to see it on a lot of award lists. This quiet, thoughtful novel, almost entirely led by flawed but amazing women, has a lot to say about the world we're about to be living in. It will, I hope, inspire many to think long and hard about what we want our future to be like. * BSFA *
Mind-bending * CAROLE STIVERS, bestselling author of THE MOTHER CODE *
A disquieting take on Big Tech's plans for the future of work * GWYNETH JONES, author of the Arthur C. Clarke-winning BOLD AS LOVE *
If you like small, intimate fiction that asks very big questions, this is the perfect novel for you * FANFIADDICT *
Smoothly written * FINANCIAL TIMES *
a beautifully written, thought provoking novel * MUSE'S BOOK JOURNAL *
Fans of relational narratives will enjoy the interactions of the three protagonists while there is also intellectual AI debate for those science fiction readers more drawn to ideas over people
* SFBOOK REVIEWS *Lee gives the reader a massive amount to ponder as well as delivering a brilliantly written and absorbing story about some very real people * BLUE BOOK BALLOON *
Incredibly thought provoking * A LITTLE HAZE BOOK BLOG *
This is a thoughtful, interior-focused story...like Ishiguro's Klara And The Sun
* SFX MAGAZINE *A slickly written and enjoyable novel * SFCROWSNEST *
Thoughtful... provides much food for thought * PAR SEC MAGAZINE *
Lee has created a story that feels relevant and poignant for a world on the brink of automating so many parts of our working lives
* BOOKS IN STEEL CITY *A thought-provoking novel
* THERESA SMITH WRITES *Eli Lee can write description and emotion beautifully
* BOOKS BY YOUR BEDSIDE *Eli Lee has done a remarkable job revealing the human side of AI . . . Often bleak, A Strange and Brilliant Light is also sad, hopeful, funny, and brilliant, such that I expect to see it on a lot of award lists. It will, I hope, inspire many to think long and hard about what we want our future to be like * THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION REVIEW *
Often bleak, A Strange and Brilliant Light is also sad, hopeful, funny, and brilliant, such that I expect to see it on a lot of award lists. This quiet, thoughtful novel, almost entirely led by flawed but amazing women, has a lot to say about the world we're about to be living in. It will, I hope, inspire many to think long and hard about what we want our future to be like. * BSFA *
Eli Lee was born in Dorset and is now is based in London. As well as writing fiction and non-fiction for a variety of anthologies, magazines and websites, she is fiction editor and contributor to literary journal Minor Literature[s] and has also worked for Strange Horizons. Find her on Twitter at @_elilee.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529407754 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529407753 |
| Title | A Strange and Brilliant Light: Winner of the Writers Guild Best First Novel Award |
| Author | Eli Lee |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2021-07-22 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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