Overview
Caught between realities, a mathematician, a book dealer, and a mobster desperately seek a notorious book that disappears upon being read. Only the author, a rakish sci-fi writer, knows whether his popular novel is truthful or a hoax. In a story that is cosmic, inventive, and sly, multi-award-winning author Lavie Tidhar (Central Station) travels from the emergence of life to the very ends of the universe. Delia Welegtabit discovered two things during her childhood on a South Pacific island: her love for mathematics and a novel that isn't supposed to exist. But the elusive book proves unexpectedly dangerous. Oskar Lens, a science fiction-obsessed mobster in the midst of an existential crisis, will stop at nothing to find the novel. After Delia's husband, Levi, goes missing, she seeks help from Daniel Chase, a young, face-blind book dealer. The infamous novel Lode Stars was written by the infamous Eugene Charles Hartley: legendary pulp science-fiction writer and founder of the Church of the All-Seeing Eyes. In Hartley's novel, a doppelganger of Delia searches for her missing father in a strange star system. But is any of Lode Stars real? Was Hartley a cynical conman on a quest for wealth and immortality, creating a religion he did not believe in? Or was he a visionary who truly discovered the secrets of the universe?
Full Product Details
Author: Lavie Tidhar ,
Stefan Rudnicki ,
Maxwell Caulfield ,
Eyre, Justine
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 9781982574949
ISBN 10: 1982574941
Publication Date: 05 September 2023
Audience:
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Ingeniously constructed and stylistically protean, this seven-course banquet of a novel glistens with the Golden Age of science fiction, even as it nourishes our neurons with a marvelous thought experiment."" -- ""James Morrow, award-winning author of Shambling Towards Hiroshima"" ""Can we all just admit now that Lavie Tidhar's a genius?"" -- ""Daryl Gregory, award-winning author"" ""Tidhar wins it all with this magnificently original mind-bender of a novel."" -- ""Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author"" ""A mind-bending existential adventure that seeks to answer the age-old question of why humanity exists...This is a knockout."" -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" ""Tidhar's rich portrayal of the pulpy golden age of science fiction, distinctive characters, and nimble turns of phrase make for a cool confection."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"""
"""A mind-bending existential adventure that seeks to answer the age-old question of why humanity exists...This is a knockout."" -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" ""Ingeniously constructed and stylistically protean, this seven-course banquet of a novel glistens with the Golden Age of science fiction, even as it nourishes our neurons with a marvelous thought experiment."" -- ""James Morrow, award-winning author of Shambling Towards Hiroshima"" ""Tidhar's rich portrayal of the pulpy golden age of science fiction, distinctive characters, and nimble turns of phrase make for a cool confection."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"""
"""Ingeniously constructed and stylistically protean, this seven-course banquet of a novel glistens with the Golden Age of science fiction, even as it nourishes our neurons with a marvelous thought experiment."" -- ""James Morrow, award-winning author of Shambling Towards Hiroshima"" ""Can we all just admit now that Lavie Tidhar's a genius?"" -- ""Daryl Gregory, award-winning author"" ""Tidhar wins it all with this magnificently original mind-bender of a novel."" -- ""Junot D�az, Pulitzer Prize-winning author"" ""A mind-bending existential adventure that seeks to answer the age-old question of why humanity exists...This is a knockout."" -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" ""Tidhar's rich portrayal of the pulpy golden age of science fiction, distinctive characters, and nimble turns of phrase make for a cool confection."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"""
Author Information
Lavie Tidhar is an internationally-acclaimed author of literature, science fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, and middle-grade fiction. Tidhar received the Campbell, Xingyun, and Neukom awards for the novel Central Station. He has also received the British Science Fiction, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards. Tidhar currently resides with his family in London. Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices in 2012. Maxwell Caulfield is a film, stage, and television actor best known for his roles as Michael Carrington in the 1982 film Grease 2 and Miles Colby in the television shows The Colbys and Dynasty. His other acting credits include the films Gettysburg, The Real Blonde, and Emmerdale. He has won six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Justine Eyre is a classically trained actress who has narrated many audiobooks, earning the prestigious Audie Award for best narration and numerous Earphones Awards. She is multilingual and known for her great facility with accents. She has appeared on stage, with leading roles in King Lear and The Crucible, and has had starring roles in four films on the indie circuit. Her television credits include Two and a Half Men and Mad Men.
