In the Watchful City

In the Watchful City
S Qiouyi Lu
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Paperback
h203 x 127mm - 192pg
31 Aug 2021
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9781250792983
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This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction. --Publishers Weekly, starred review In the tradition of Italo Calvino' s Invisible Cities, debut author S. Qiouyi Lu has written a multifaceted story of borders, power, diaspora, and transformation with In the Watchful City. The city of Ora is watching. Anima is an extrasensory human tasked with surveilling and protecting Ora' s citizens via a complex living network called the Gleaming. Although aer world is restricted to what ae can see and experience through the Gleaming, Anima takes pride and comfort in keeping Ora safe from harm. When a mysterious outsider enters the city carrying a cabinet of curiosities from around with the world with a story attached to each item, Anima' s world expands beyond the borders of Ora to places--and possibilities--ae never before imagined to exist. But such knowledge leaves Anima with a question that throws into doubt aer entire purpose: What good is a city if it can' t protect its people?
Beautiful prose, a complex structure, and well-wrought Asian-influenced worldbuilding. . . . This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction. --Publishers Weekly, starred review Stories within stories, possibilities within impossibilities: IN THE WATCHFUL CITY is half-tapestry, half-menagerie, adding up to an intricate, transcendent fantasy. --Chuck Wendig "An intricately nested cyberpunk story that perfectly represents the best of the genre while exploring entirely new territory. "--Premee Mohamed "In the Watchful City is piercing and precise, threading grief and joy through your heart as it examines the ties that bind people to one another. "--Andrea Stewart A wild, wonderful, dizzying ride I didn' t want to end. The worldbuilding is as intricate and intoxicating as the characters are wrenchingly alive. In the Watchful City trumpets the arrival of a major new talent. --Sam J. Miller
S. Qiouyi Lu writes and translates between two coasts of the Pacific. AEr work, including fiction, poetry, and essays, has appeared in several award-winning venues. In the Watchful City is aer first novella. You can find out more about S. at aer website or on Twitter.
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ISBN-13: 9781250792983
Published: 31 Aug 2021
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Imprint: Tordotcom
Publisher: Tordotcom
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 127mm
Pages: 192

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