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BooksdystopianRiver of Gods
Cover of River of Gods by Ian McDonald
№ 1 · India 2047

River of Gods,

by Ian McDonald

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Rating3.6/ 5
Ratings33
Pages597
Reading Hours12h
Published2004
LanguageEnglish

§Synopsis

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August 15th, 2047. Happy Hundredth Birthday, India ... On the eve of Mother India's hundredth birthday, ten people are doing ten very different things. In the next few weeks, all these people will be swept together to decide the fate of the nation. From gangsters to government advisors, from superstitious street-boys to scientists to computer-generated soap stars, River of Gods shows a civilization in flux - a river of gods. RIVER OF GODS is an epic SF novel as sprawling, vibrant and colourful as the sub-continent it describes. This is an SF novel that blew apart the narrow anglo and US-centric concerns of the genre and ushered in a new global consciousness for the genre.

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§Genres
dystopian1fantasy1fiction1india1science fiction1

§About the Author

Ian McDonald

3 books in catalog

British science fiction author. Born in Manchester.

§Featured Series

India 2047

Cover of River of Gods by Ian McDonald

River of Gods

Ian McDonald, 2004

§Editions

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River of Gods

eng597 pgs
20049781591024361
§Genres
dystopian1fantasy1fiction1india1science fiction1

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ISBN-139781591024361
ISBN-101591024366

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