![]() ![]() Certainly quantum mechanics - both propellant and unifying force in this remarkable novel - is nobody's idea of falling off a log. It's a magnificent book.' China MiƩville 'Light is dark, and heavy. John Harrison proves what only those crippled by respect- ability still doubt - that science fiction can be literature, of the very greatest kind. Light depicts its author as a wit, an awesomely fluent and versatile prose stylist, and an sf thinker as dedicated to probing beneath the surfaces as William Gibson is to describing how the world seems when reflected in them, SF fans and sceptics alike are advised to head towards this Light.' Independent 'M. John Harrison's jubilant return to science fiction constitutes something of an event. ![]() ![]() It is a work of - and about - the highest order.' Iain Banks, Guardian 'Light is a literary singularity: at one and the same time a grim, gaudy space opera that respects the physics, and a contemporary novel that unflinchingly revisits the choices that warp a life. This is a novel of full-spectrum literary dominance, making the transition from the grainily commonplace now to a wild far future seem not just easy but natural, and connecting the minimal and the spectacular with grace and elegance. 'Light is a remarkable book - easily my favourite sf novel in the last decade, maybe longer' Neil Gaiman 'The ride is uproarious, breathtaking, exhilarating. ![]()
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