by Geoff Ryman · Orion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780575078116
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«Air» is the science fiction novel by Geoff Ryman, published by Orion in paperback (390 pages, in English).
In an agricultural village in Karzistan, the peasant woman Chung Mae sees Air, a technology that promises to connect the world without wires or machines, burst into her community. An initial trial causes deaths and Mae absorbs the memories of a neighbor. She understands that her way of life is ending and fights to prepare her people for change.
Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the BSFA Award and the James Tiptree Jr. Award, finalist for the Nebula. Its original title is «Air: Or, Have Not Have» and the first publication is from 2004.
For readers of science fiction and speculative fiction interested in the social impact of technology and in female protagonists.
Geoffrey Charles Ryman is a Canadian writer of science fiction, fantasy, slipstream and historical fiction. Ryman has written and published seven novels, including an early example of a hypertext novel, 253. He has won multiple awards, including the World Fantasy Award.
