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Ubicado en: Albuquerque, New Mexico, Estados Unidos
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Publisher
Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co
ISBN-10
1250792983
ISBN-13
9781250792983
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9050376794
Product Key Features
Book Title
In the Watchful City
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / Cyberpunk
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
5.6 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in
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Trade
Reviews
"Beautiful prose, a complex structure, and well-wrought Asian-influenced worldbuilding. . . . This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Lu has built a complex and fascinating world, futuristic and strange."-- Booklist "Stories within stories, possibilities within impossibilities: In the Watchful City is half-tapestry, half-menagerie, adding up to an intricate, transcendent fantasy."--Chuck Wendig "An intricately nested cyberpunk story that perfectly represents the best of the genre while exploring entirely new territory."--Premee Mohamed " In the Watchful City is piercing and precise, threading grief and joy through your heart as it examines the ties that bind people to one another."--Andrea Stewart "A wild, wonderful, dizzying ride I didn't want to end. The worldbuilding is as intricate and intoxicating as the characters are wrenchingly alive. In the Watchful City trumpets the arrival of a major new talent."--Sam J. Miller, "Beautiful prose, a complex structure, and well-wrought Asian-influenced worldbuilding. . . . This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review, "Beautiful prose, a complex structure, and well-wrought Asian-influenced worldbuilding. . . . This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Stories within stories, possibilities within impossibilities: IN THE WATCHFUL CITY is half-tapestry, half-menagerie, adding up to an intricate, transcendent fantasy."--Chuck Wendig "An intricately nested cyberpunk story that perfectly represents the best of the genre while exploring entirely new territory."--Premee Mohamed " In the Watchful City is piercing and precise, threading grief and joy through your heart as it examines the ties that bind people to one another."--Andrea Stewart "A wild, wonderful, dizzying ride I didn't want to end. The worldbuilding is as intricate and intoxicating as the characters are wrenchingly alive. In the Watchful City trumpets the arrival of a major new talent."--Sam J. Miller, "Beautiful prose, a complex structure, and well-wrought Asian-influenced worldbuilding. . . . This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Stories within stories, possibilities within impossibilities: IN THE WATCHFUL CITY is half-tapestry, half-menagerie, adding up to an intricate, transcendent fantasy."--Chuck Wendig "An intricately nested cyberpunk story that perfectly represents the best of the genre while exploring entirely new territory."--Premee Mohamed " In the Watchful City is piercing and precise, threading grief and joy through your heart as it examines the ties that bind people to one another."--Andrea Stewart, "Beautiful prose, a complex structure, and well-wrought Asian-influenced worldbuilding. . . . This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Lu has built a complex and fascinating world, futuristic and strange."-- Booklist "For those cyberpunks looking for a beautiful fantasy story, this is a truly amazing novella."-- San Francisco Book Review "[A] modern myth, echoing the contemporary without commenting on it directly"-- 4Columns "Lu has crafted an impressive mythos that draws from the traditions and legends of a variety of cultures."-- New Scientist Magazine "Stories within stories, possibilities within impossibilities: In the Watchful City is half-tapestry, half-menagerie, adding up to an intricate, transcendent fantasy."--Chuck Wendig "An intricately nested cyberpunk story that perfectly represents the best of the genre while exploring entirely new territory."--Premee Mohamed " In the Watchful City is piercing and precise, threading grief and joy through your heart as it examines the ties that bind people to one another."--Andrea Stewart "A wild, wonderful, dizzying ride I didn't want to end. The worldbuilding is as intricate and intoxicating as the characters are wrenchingly alive. In the Watchful City trumpets the arrival of a major new talent."--Sam J. Miller, "Beautiful prose, a complex structure, and well-wrought Asian-influenced worldbuilding. . . . This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review "An intricately nested cyberpunk story that perfectly represents the best of the genre while exploring entirely new territory."--Premee Mohamed " In the Watchful City is piercing and precise, threading grief and joy through your heart as it examines the ties that bind people to one another."--Andrea Stewart
Synopsis
"This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review In the tradition of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities , debut author S. Qiouyi Lu has written a multifaceted story of borders, power, diaspora, and transformation with In the Watchful City . The city of Ora is watching. Anima is an extrasensory human tasked with surveilling and protecting Ora's citizens via a complex living network called the Gleaming. Although ær world is restricted to what æ can see and experience through the Gleaming, Anima takes pride and comfort in keeping Ora safe from harm. When a mysterious outsider enters the city carrying a cabinet of curiosities from around with the world with a story attached to each item, Anima's world expands beyond the borders of Ora to places--and possibilities--æ never before imagined to exist. But such knowledge leaves Anima with a question that throws into doubt ær entire purpose: What good is a city if it can't protect its people?, "This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review In the tradition of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities , debut author S. Qiouyi Lu has written a multifaceted story of borders, power, diaspora, and transformation with In the Watchful City . The city of Ora is watching. Anima is an extrasensory human tasked with surveilling and protecting Ora's citizens via a complex living network called the Gleaming. Although r world is restricted to what can see and experience through the Gleaming, Anima takes pride and comfort in keeping Ora safe from harm. When a mysterious outsider enters the city carrying a cabinet of curiosities from around with the world with a story attached to each item, Anima's world expands beyond the borders of Ora to places--and possibilities-- never before imagined to exist. But such knowledge leaves Anima with a question that throws into doubt r entire purpose: What good is a city if it can't protect its people?
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