[bksvol-discuss] Re: Submitted Science Fiction
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:32:15 -0800
Hi Evan, I’m doing something now but I have listened to a couple of serials by
Schroeder in Analog which I think is part of the series you’ve scanned. I like
his writing and his treatment of characters. He’s certainly an interesting
writer in my opinion. Regards, Kim Friedman.
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Hello Folks,
I’ve just put up Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder for proofing.
It’s been read through completely, spell checked, and all fonts adjusted.
Any questions, send to:
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Here’s the blurb from inside flaps:
His novels Ventus and Permanence have established Karl Schroeder as one of the
new stars of hard SF. Now he extends his reach again, into Larry Niven
territory, and back to the same distant future in which Ventus was set, to tell
the story of Teven Coronal, a huge multiplicity of human civilizations
inhabiting a ringworld. Far distant and isolated from the rest of spacefaring
humanity, Teven suffers a mysterious invasion, one that will destroy its
fragile ecologies and unique human diversity.
Charles Stross says: "Lady of Mazes chews away at some hard questions about the
significance of human existence in a world where artificial intelligence,
post-humans, and beings indistinguishable from gods coexist with over a
trillion people. Livia Kodaly lives in a pocket civilization in the fallow
zone--a belt of orbital colonies in deep space that is supposedly uninhabited.
She's a cultural diplomat, in a world where a people's attitude toward culture
determines the technologies that will work for them and even determines their
perceptions of their surroundings. But her world is under attack by an entity
known as 3340, which is seeking to break down the horizons between cultures and
destroy the locks that keep technologies in check. Schroeder recognizes that
your choice of technology determines the way you live, and in Lady of Mazes
he's created a puzzle-box of a novel that explores an uneasy dilemma: Is it
better to live a fulfilling life or one free of external constraints? Is it
even possible to live an unconstrained human existence in a future where there
are no limits on the available technologies?"
Classic SF writer Charles Harness says: "Two paragraphs into Schroeder we are
plunged into the seductive virtual world of Livia Kodaly As a result of a
near-fatal accident in childhood, she is left with a rare, unwelcome gift: She
can perceive reality. When her home manifold is invaded by monsters, she
surfaces to lead the counterattack. With great skill she fights back, and she
supports her clear sense of reality with her inscape implants, her animas, her
Society (images of family and friends), her angels (protective auras), her
sims, her faeries (Peaseblossom and Cicada!), and so eventually recovers her
homeland--and more."
We SAY: Filled with action, ideas, and intellectual energy, Lady of Mazes is
the hard SF novel of the year.
Happy reading! I liked this one a lot.
Evan
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