Ian McDonald is one of the most critically acclaimed SF writers of the moment 6,000 copies of BRASYL sold Fiction set in the world of the award-winning RIVER OF GODS Includes a brand new, previously unavailable 25,000 word novella Includes stories never available in book form before Includes Hugo shortlisted and BSFA award-winning fiction A unique opportunity for fans of RIVER OF GODS to enrich their knowledge of that world.
Ian McDonald was born in Manchester in 1960. His family moved to Northern Ireland in 1965. He now lives in Belfast and works in TV production. The author of many previous novels, including the groundbreaking Chaga books set in Africa, Ian McDonald has long been at the cutting edge of SF. RIVER OF GODS won the BSFA award in 2005.
Praise for Brasyl: This is perhaps the most innovative and complex science fiction novel to appear this year. Brasyl is the work of a master It is an overwhelming read, aggressively stimulating, riotous, feverish, a feast of colour. - The West Australian Intensely vital. - The Sunday Age Science Fiction is rarely good as this a thing of beauty. - The Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin Brasyl is an intriguing pastiche of three very different and complex stories all set in Brazil, but across three different time-lines In the first two stories I was strongly reminded of William Gibson s cyber-punk, gothic future, but the third tale took me right back to the film The Mission a stunning film, and this narrative strand is equally worthy. A really thought-provoking sci-fi novel. Brasyl firmly cements McDonald s already strong reputation in this field. - Good Reading Superbly packaged in a glistening cut-out cover, Brasyl is studded with mesmerising characters and an addictive plot. In a word: spellbinding." - Herald Sun An intriguing and challenging fictional mix. McDonald cleverly explores the nature of reality in universes of multiple possibilities. Make time for this stimulating cross-temporal SF novel. - The Canberra Times Following the success of his award-winning novel River of Gods, Ian McDonald has once again produced an ultra-rich mix of com
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