Red Dust
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Book Overview
Transformed into a reluctant deity by a viral kiss, former Contract Agronomist Technician Wei Lee is set adrift in a terraformed world of cowboys, tribal Yankees, and feral children, appointed to be... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0688137938
ISBN13:9780688137939
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:William Morrow & Company
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.8" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Despite the science fiction setting Red Dust is basically a quest, with hero Wei Lee seeking to achieve his destiny and discover what happened to his long-lost parents. The story takes place on a Mars colonised by the Chinese, and McAuley depicts this transplanted oriental milieu with style and considerable gusto. There are some striking scenes (Matrix-like fights and Yankee whalers hunting on seas of dust) yet there is not much depth to this imagined world, and Wei Lee is rather too passive to be a convincing hero. Faults notwithstanding, I enjoyed Red Dust and found it an entertaining read.
Talk about changing plot lines...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
This book took me longer to read that any other recently, mostly because every chapter or so everything seem to change - new characters etc..). Lots to digest - thoroughly enjoyable... J
Excellent
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
McAuley combines hard SF detail with an ambitious picaresque tale for a novel that feels unique. Very satisfying
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