Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
The year is 2454: Earth's hard-won utopian society is threatened by a young boy with apparently god-like powers.
More intricate, more plausible, more significant than any debut I can recall -- Cory Doctorow
The kind of science fiction that makes me excited all over again about what science fiction can do -- Jo Walton
Thought-provoking, disturbing, occasionally perverted, and always entertainingWorldbuilding at its richest * Kirkus Reviews *
Incredibly ambitious and groundbreaking... Palmer writes gloriously lush prose stuffed with asides, allusions and nods to the reader' * Guardian *
Admirable in its scope and attention to detail... A book thats quirky and makes you think' * Concatenation *
A powerful, beautifully written novel... It is a mystery, historic document, social commentary and futuristic science fiction all combined to make an excellent novel' * Concatenation *
The kind of science fiction that makes me excited all over again about what science fiction can do -- Jo Walton
Thought-provoking, disturbing, occasionally perverted, and always entertainingWorldbuilding at its richest * Kirkus Reviews *
Incredibly ambitious and groundbreaking... Palmer writes gloriously lush prose stuffed with asides, allusions and nods to the reader' * Guardian *
Admirable in its scope and attention to detail... A book thats quirky and makes you think' * Concatenation *
A powerful, beautifully written novel... It is a mystery, historic document, social commentary and futuristic science fiction all combined to make an excellent novel' * Concatenation *
Ada Palmer is an author, historian and composer. She did her PhD at Harvard, teaches History at the University of Chicago, blogs at ExUrbe.com, composes close harmony folk music and performs with the a capella group Sassafrass.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781786699503 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786699508 |
| Title | Too Like the Lightning |
| Author | Ada Palmer |
| Series | Terra Ignota |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2017-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Hugo Awards Best Novel 2017 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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