Nova Swing

Name: Nova Swing
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: M. John Harrison
ISBN: 9781436184021

Author: M. John Harrison

Narrator: Jim Frangione

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/10/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

A highly acclaimed author, M. John Harrison is well known for his reality-bending tales. In this sci-fi noir, the physics-defying Saudade Event Site is a place to find strange landscapes and seemingly impossible physical phenomena-perfect for tourism. Into this environment comes Vic Serotonin, a "travel agent" whose newest client is a mysterious woman with a hidden agenda. "The miracle ... Harrison performs is to expand the possibilities of perception." -Guardian (UK)

About M. John Harrison

M. John Harrison is an English author and literary critic. He has won the J. Tiptree Jr. Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Goldsmiths Prize. He was also a judge for the Booker Prize in 2022. His work includes the Viriconium sequence of novels and short stories, Climbers, and the Kefahuchi Tract trilogy, which consists of Light, Nova Swing, and Empty Space.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 09, 2017

I had slightly higher expectations for this novel simply because I was blown away by all the awesome ideas that he managed to stuff into Light, and don't get me wrong, he continues the trend beautifully and a lot more cohesively from Vic's PoV, a travel agent that sometimes takes chumps to the Kefah......more

Goodreads review by Adam on April 11, 2009

The whole debate, which is mostly due to the 20th century publishing industries insidious pollution of our intellectual market, of whether or not Sci-Fi is trash or literature is best summed up by the Ted Sturgeon quote, “Yes 95% of it is trash, but 95% of everything is trash.” But what dyed in the......more

Goodreads review by Olethros on September 22, 2021

-Otra obras más de viaje que de destino, y además más de un viaje.- Género. Ciencia ficción. Lo que nos cuenta. El libro Nova Swing (publicación original: Nova Swing, 2006) nos lleva al bar Gato Negro Gato Blanco, un lugar de encuentro para varios personajes justo al borde de la zona conocida como Sau......more

Goodreads review by Jason on July 12, 2016

4 Stars Nova Swing book two in the Light series by M John Harrison was bound to come up short when compared to the brilliance of the first book Light. This was exasperated for me as I read this one immediately following my read of it. One thing that they both share in common is the brilliant writing......more

Goodreads review by Bart on February 21, 2021

(...) This was another successful Harrison for me – and like his latest The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again, one that I will probably reread in the coming decade, just as I will reread Light. Now that I think of it, I guess I’ll enjoy Light even more now that I have a better grip on what Harrison tr......more