An edition of Light (2002)

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An edition of Light (2002)

Light

  • 2.5 (4 ratings) ·
  • 34 Want to read
  • 9 Have read

Comment from Jon Courtenay Grimwood:

Light is the kind of novel other writers read and think: "Why don't I just give up and go home?" That was certainly my first reaction on reading its mix of coldly perfect prose and attractively twisted insanity. It's also the only book to bring me unpleasantly close to sympathising with a serial killer. But this is M John Harrison: so antihero Michael Kearney is a mathematically brilliant, dice-throwing, reality-changing hyper-intelligent serial killer haunted by a horse-skulled personal demon.

Harrison's genius is to tie Kearney's narrative thread to those of Seria Mau – a far-future girl existing in harmony with White Cat, her spaceship, surfing a part of the galaxy known as the Kefahuchi Tract – and Chinese Ed, a sleazy if likeable cyberpunky chancer with a passion for virtual sex.

This is not a kind book, or even a particularly likeable book. But then I suspected it was never intended to be, and the author wouldn't want the kind of people who want to like characters as his readers anyway. What it is is stunningly written, meticulously plotted, hallucinogenically realised and brutally honest. No one who reads it could doubt that Harrison might win the Booker if he could be bothered.

Light is also the book that novelist and critic Adam Roberts was so sure would win the Arthur C Clarke award, he offered to change his name to Adam Van Hoogenroberts if it didn't. We're still waiting . . .

Publish Date
Publisher
Spectra
Language
English
Pages
418

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Light
Light
2019, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: Light
Light
May 2007, Bantam Books
Paperback - Bantam mass market edition - Printing (1)
Cover of: Light
Light
May 1, 2007, Spectra
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: Light
Light
2004, Random House Publishing Group
eBook in English
Cover of: Light
Light
2004, Bantam
in English - Bantam trade pbk ed.
Cover of: Light (Gollancz SF S.)
Light (Gollancz SF S.)
October 31, 2002, Gollancz
Paperback
Cover of: Light
Light
2002, Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English

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The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
418
Dimensions
6.6 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
Weight
1.1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7830245M
ISBN 10
0553587331
ISBN 13
9780553587333
OCLC/WorldCat
123769019
Library Thing
23168
Goodreads
304219

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April 30, 2011 Edited by OCLC Bot Added OCLC numbers.
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