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Terminal Cafe (1994)
Front Cover Book Details
Author
Ian McDonald
Publication Date 1994
Format Hardcover (228 x 153 mm)
Publisher Bantam Books
Extras Dust Jacket
Plot
It is a few decades after a revolutionary technology has given humans the ability to resurrect the dead. The ever-increasing population of the risen dead is segregated into areas called necrovilles. Here they have created a wild culture, untouched by the restrictions of the law - except that the dead cannot stray into the realm of the living, nor the living into the teeming necrovilles, after nightfall. It is November 1, the Day of the Dead. Virtual artist Santiago Columbar, creator of drugs and 'ware that melt and reconfigure reality for his many disciples, has grown bored with the realities at his command. There is one reality he has yet to try, the culmination of his life as an artist: He will venture into the forbidden streets of the Saint John dead town, and there walk willingly into the open arms of death. At Santiago's invitation, four of his friends will meet in Saint John to record his death and resurrection. On their way to witness Santiago's transformation, as the necroville erupts into the first volley of a revolution against the living, each will face danger and adventure in the wild streets of the dead...and find that life has changed forever.
Personal Details
Collection Status In Collection
Index 289
Read It Yes
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Product Details
LoC Classification PR6063.C38T47 1994
Dewey 823/.914 20
ISBN 0553374168
Cover Price $19.00
Nr of Pages 277
First Edition No
Rare No