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Air
Air
Or, Have Not Have
Paperback
$15.95
St. Martin's Griffin
Published: October 2004
ISBN: 9780312261214
ISBN-10: 0312261217
Trim: 5-½ x 8-¼ inches
400 Pages
Nebula Awards | Nominee | Novel | 2005
John W. Campbell Memorial Award | Second Place | Novel | 2005
Chung Mae is the only connection her small farming village has to culture of a wider world beyond the fields and simple houses of her village. A new communications technology is sweeping the world and promises to connect everyone, everywhere without power lines, computers, or machines. This technology is Air. An initial testing of Air goes disastrously wrong and people are killed from the shock. Not to be stopped Air is arriving with or without the blessing of Mae's village. Mae is the only one who knows how to harness Air and ready her people for it's arrival, but will they listen before it's too late?
About The Author
Geoff Ryman
Geoff Ryman is the author of the novels Air (Clarke and Tiptree Award winner) and The Unconquered Country (World Fantasy Award winner). Canadian by birth, he has lilved in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England.