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Synopsis
When Illyria, a scientific utopia founded as a refuge from a wave of religious fundamentalism sweeping the planet, starts becoming as closed-minded and stifling as the religion-dominated world outside, George Simling, the sone of a former geneticist, must find a way to stop it. Original.
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Review
Beckett examines the interface between human and machine, rationalism and the religious impulse, with sparse prose and acute social commentary of a latter-day Orwell --Guardian
Let's waste no time: this book is incredible --Interzone
One of the most accomplished novel debuts to attract my attention in some time... A triumph --Asimov s
Should be on the radar of anyone who professes concern for science fiction as a literary form --Alastair Reynolds
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Proof that literary fiction and science fiction can be one and the same. An intelligent first novel from the winner of the prestigious 2009 Edge Hill Short Story competition, beating Anne Enright and Ali Smith.
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