Neom: A Novel From The World Of Central Station

by Lavie Tidhar

Neom: A Novel From The World Of Central Station

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<B><I>Today, Neom is a utopian dream a megacity of the future yet to be built in the Saudi desert. In this deeply imaginative novel from the award-winning universe of </I>Central Station<I>, far-future Neom is already old. Sentient machines roam the desert searching for purpose, works of art can be more deadly than weapons, and the spark of a long-overdue revolution is in the wind. Only the rekindling of an impossible love affair may slow the inevitable sands of time.</I></B><BR><BR><B><I> This is Tidhar at his best: the crazily proliferating imagination, the textures, the ideas, the dazzling storytelling. A brilliant portrait of community and its possibilities. </I></B><BR><B><I> Adam Roberts, author of </I>Purgatory Mount</B><BR><BR>The city known as Neom is many things to many beings, human or otherwise. It is a tech wonderland for the rich and beautiful; an urban sprawl along the Red Sea; and a port of call between Earth and the stars.<BR><BR>In the desert, young orphan Elias has joined a caravan, hoping to earn his passage off-world. But the desert is full of mechanical artefacts, some unexplained and some unexploded. Recently, a wry, unnamed robot has unearthed one of the region s biggest mysteries: the vestiges of a golden man.<BR><BR>In Neom, childhood affection is rekindling between loyal shurta-officer Nasir and hardworking flower-seller Mariam. But Nasu, a deadly terrorartist, has come to the city with missing memories and unfinished business. Just one robot can change a city s destiny with a single rose especially when that robot is in search of lost love.<BR><BR>Lavie Tidhar's (<I>Unholy Land</I>, <I>The Escapement</I>) newest lushly immersive novel, <I>Neom</I>, which includes a guide to the <I>Central Station</I>-verse, is at turns gritty, comedic, transportive, and fascinatingly plausible.
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<B><I>Today, Neom is a utopian dream a megacity of the future yet to be built in the Saudi desert. In this deeply imaginative novel from the award-winning universe of </I>Central Station<I>, far-future Neom is already old. Sentient machines roam the desert searching for purpose, works of art can be more deadly than weapons, and the spark of a long-overdue revolution is in the wind. Only the rekindling of an impossible love affair may slow the inevitable sands of time.</I></B><BR><BR><B><I> This is Tidhar at his best: the crazily proliferating imagination, the textures, the ideas, the dazzling storytelling. A brilliant portrait of community and its possibilities. </I></B><BR><B><I> Adam Roberts, author of </I>Purgatory Mount</B><BR><BR>The city known as Neom is many things to many beings, human or otherwise. It is a tech wonderland for the rich and beautiful; an urban sprawl along the Red Sea; and a port of call between Earth and the stars.<BR><BR>In the desert, young orphan Elias has joined a caravan, hoping to earn his passage off-world. But the desert is full of mechanical artefacts, some unexplained and some unexploded. Recently, a wry, unnamed robot has unearthed one of the region s biggest mysteries: the vestiges of a golden man.<BR><BR>In Neom, childhood affection is rekindling between loyal shurta-officer Nasir and hardworking flower-seller Mariam. But Nasu, a deadly terrorartist, has come to the city with missing memories and unfinished business. Just one robot can change a city s destiny with a single rose especially when that robot is in search of lost love.<BR><BR>Lavie Tidhar's (<I>Unholy Land</I>, <I>The Escapement</I>) newest lushly immersive novel, <I>Neom</I>, which includes a guide to the <I>Central Station</I>-verse, is at turns gritty, comedic, transportive, and fascinatingly plausible.

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