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Light

M. John Harrison · 2002 · Novel

Series: Kefahuchi Tract Trilogy — #1

Synopsis

[Comment from Jon Courtenay Grimwood][1]: > 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.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: FictionFiction, science fiction, generalLGBTQ gender identityLGBTQ science fiction & fantasyScience FictionSerial murderersSpace and timecollection:otherwise_tiptree_award=winnerneeds-reviewno-clear-speculative-idea

isfdb_id: 23386

openlibrary_id: OL2643429W

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