Empty Space

#3 Light

M. John Harrison

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English

Gollancz
11 June 2013

Science fiction; Science; Future Society; Space

An alien research tool the size of a brown dwarf star hangs in the middle of nowhere, as a result of an attempt to place it equidistant from everything else in every possible universe. Somewhere in the fractal labyrinth beneath its surface, a woman lies on an allotropic carbon deck, a white paste of nanomachines oozing from the corner of her mouth. She is neither conscious nor unconscious, dead nor alive. There is something wrong with her cheekbones. At first you think she is changing from one thing into another - perhaps it's a cat, perhaps it's something that only looks like one - then you see that she is actually trying to be both things at once. She is waiting for you, she has been waiting for you for perhaps 10,000 years. She comes from the past, she comes from the future. She is about to speak...

By: M. John Harrison
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 274g
ISBN: 9780575096325
ISBN 10: 0575096322
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 11 June 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.mjohnharrison.com

M. John Harrison was born in the Peak District and now lives in London.

Reviews for Empty Space (#3 Light)

Surely one of the best novels of the year. . . . Deeply satisfying . . . the final chapters are a marvel of transcendence, reconciliation and redemption. San Francisco Chronicle Books on Light

Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 2013
Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 2013 (UK)
Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 2013
Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 2013 (UK)
Shortlisted for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 2013.
Shortlisted for John W Campbell Award 2013.