Aren't you glad that you will not be visiting india...

LArkitekt · Mar 5th, 2007, 22:53

in 2047 on her 100th birthday!...if its anything like in Ian McDonald's RIVER OF GODS

Quote:

"...In the 2047 of River of Gods, India has split into a dozen states. Bharat, with its capital at Varanasi, is on the verge of war with Delhi-led Awadh over water shortages — the monsoon has failed — while the Bengalis are trying to change the weather by towing a giant iceberg into the Bay of Bengal. Men vastly outnumber women due to selective abortion. And artificial intelligences are controlled by treaty. But in other ways surprisingly little has changed: Hindu nationalists are orchestrating street protests, capitals still display a vast disparity in wealth between old city slums and gleaming new cities, Western backpackers visit India for the usual reasons, and so forth.

In this setting, River of Gods follows some nine characters: a gangster who finds his usual line of business made redundant by technology; a Krishna cop, hunting rogue AIs, and his neglected wife, who becomes involved with her gardener; two American scientists, one of them co-opted by law enforcement to find the other, who has gone underground in south India; an asexual "nute" working in television production; a young reporter who bites off more than she can chew; the Muslim adviser to the prime minister of Bharat; and a comedian who inherits a third of a power company when his father retires to become a sadhu..."

have you read the book and what are your thoughts????

it was Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel.

cheers!

Shiver me Timbers · Mar 5th, 2007, 23:24

I can't wait.....

PeakXV · Mar 5th, 2007, 23:32

I was there for 50 ... & I'm planning to be there for 100!

... in my palanquin equipped tonga with wheelchair electric hoist.

ranjan154 · Mar 6th, 2007, 00:02

where can i get this ?

Sama · Mar 6th, 2007, 00:09

River of Gods

post from June 2006, with amazon.com link containing reviews

PeakXV · Mar 6th, 2007, 00:11

Palika Bazzaar has a few in stock .... very good price.

- geezer tonga that is - not the book.

Mar 5th, 2007, 23:32	#3
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,331	I was there for 50 ... & I'm planning to be there for 100! ... in my palanquin equipped tonga with wheelchair electric hoist. __________________ We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started ...and know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?

Mar 6th, 2007, 00:02	#4
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Mar 6th, 2007, 00:09	#5
Sama a pain in the asana Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: the India inside my heart Posts: 5,434	River of Gods post from June 2006, with amazon.com link containing reviews __________________ *My India, 2005-2008* BE THE REVOLUTION

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