GEOFF RYMAN

Geoff Ryman's triumphant return to science fiction is a powerful, evocative story of information technolgy and world change. Based on an award-winning short story, and shortlised for the Philip K Dick Award.

When archaeologists discover a book written on gold leaves at Angkor Wat, everyone wants a piece of the action. But the King, the Army and the UN are all outflanked when the precious artefact is kidnapped, along with Professor Luc Andrade, who was accompanying it to the capital for restoration. Luckily for Luc, his love and respect for Cambodia ...

Description In a semi-tropical London, surrounded by paddy-fields, the people feed off the sun, like plants, the young are raised in Child Gardens and educated by viruses, And the Consensus oversees the country, 'treating' non-conformism. Information, culture, law and politics are biological functi

Menschen in extremen Situationen ... Darf man seinen eigenen Körper verkaufen, wenn es ums Überleben geht? Sind im Krieg gegen einen übermächtigen Feind alle Mittel erlaubt? Lastet die Schuld der Väter auch auf unseren Schultern, und wie sollen wir damit umgehen? Ein visionärer Kurzroman über die Zukunft der Biotechnologie, die uns längst eingeh...

Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards. "An exuberant celebration