Out/Blue Six
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Book Overview
Set in a future where the world is "perfect", this story is about Courtney Hall, a cartoonist whose political work makes her a fugitive from justice. Escaping through a manhole, she discovers an... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0553277634
ISBN13:9780553277630
Release Date:April 1989
Publisher:Spectra Books
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Still want the movie!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I read this when it first came out, and I thought someone would snatch up the movie rights because it is so cinematic. Sadly, it's been ten years and no one has. McDonald renders his world so visually in this book that you picture the scenes vividly while you read. The characters are quirky and fascinating, and the story is a lot of fun. This is a hidden gem that deserves to be more widely read.
A great addition to McDonald's works
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Ian McDonald, as usual, comes up with a fascinating idea for a novel and manages, with a few pitfalls, to write a wonderful book utilizing it. Featuring an ensemble cast, Out On Blue Six traces the adventures of several dispirit groups through the canopy and subterranean levels of a self-contained futuristic city. The dis/utopian nature of the society reads somewhat like an optimistic version of Brazil, or a function version of the Paranoia games. Avoiding pain is the highest priority of the computers that run the society, so people are told what is best for them with no ability to argue. A few vignettes in the novel focus on this, but a great deal more is focused on the edges of the society. The one downside to this book is the treatment of the ensemble. My favorite character, a Yulp comic artist, who starts the book, seems to fade into the background as characters with stronger survival skills are introduced. Other than this small issue, the book is a truly fantastic piece of work. It's a shame that it's out of print, but it still is readily available and worth a read.
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