Dreaming In Smoke
Published on 23. August 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-4732-2474-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Tricia Sullivan's writing is so good it simply invites hyperbole" - SFX
"One of the best SF novelists around" - Dreamwatch
"It's pure science fiction, and I loved it" - Goodreads Reviewer
Colonists arrived on the new world of T'nane in a cyber-assisted dream-state, and now the dream induction centre is a key piece of colony infrastructure. The AI program, Ganesh, performs routine functions, helping the colonists work though complex problems, allowing them to govern from their dreams.
Kalypso Deed, the human interface needed to watch over the colonists, helps to ensure their survival. However, Kalypso is young and reckless, spending most of her time mixing drinks and playing jazz. When Ganesh's programming begins to fail, and Azamat Marcsson - a biologist undergoing dream induction - runs riot, Kalypso must persuade Marcsson to finish the dream which is destroying Ganesh... and the future of the colony.
"One of the best SF novelists around" - Dreamwatch
"It's pure science fiction, and I loved it" - Goodreads Reviewer
Colonists arrived on the new world of T'nane in a cyber-assisted dream-state, and now the dream induction centre is a key piece of colony infrastructure. The AI program, Ganesh, performs routine functions, helping the colonists work though complex problems, allowing them to govern from their dreams.
Kalypso Deed, the human interface needed to watch over the colonists, helps to ensure their survival. However, Kalypso is young and reckless, spending most of her time mixing drinks and playing jazz. When Ganesh's programming begins to fail, and Azamat Marcsson - a biologist undergoing dream induction - runs riot, Kalypso must persuade Marcsson to finish the dream which is destroying Ganesh... and the future of the colony.
Reviews / Votes
Tricia Sullivan's writing is so good it simply invites hyperbole - SFXTricia Sullivan is one of our most daringly imaginative novelists, and she writes like an angel on crack
Sullivan writes intelligent, zesty and freewheeling novels that are so entertaining they're almost embarrassing - Guardian
One of the best SF novelists around - Dreamwatch
[Sullivan's] main strength: an ability to use the tools of sf to create genuinely intriguing speculations about the nature of reality - The Encylopedia of Science Fiction
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
299 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4732-2474-2 (9781473224742)
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Tricia Sullivan (1968 - )
Tricia Sullivan, born in New Jersey, received a music degree from Bard College and a Master's in Education from Columbia University. She taught in Manhattan and New Jersey before moving to the UK in 1995. Her novel Dreaming in Smoke won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1999 and Maul was shortlisted for the same award in 2004. Sullivan's partner is the martial artist Steve Morris, with whom she has three children. They live in Shropshire.
Tricia Sullivan, born in New Jersey, received a music degree from Bard College and a Master's in Education from Columbia University. She taught in Manhattan and New Jersey before moving to the UK in 1995. Her novel Dreaming in Smoke won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1999 and Maul was shortlisted for the same award in 2004. Sullivan's partner is the martial artist Steve Morris, with whom she has three children. They live in Shropshire.