Holy Fire
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[Place of publication not identified] : Open Road Media, [2020].
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9781504063081
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Memory, morality, and immortality merge in this "haunting and lyrical triumph" from the bestselling author of Schismatrix Plus ( Time ). In the late twenty-first century, technology has lengthened lifespans far beyond what was once medically possible. Existence itself has become relatively easy -- if boring. In this futuristic paradise, ninety-four-year-old Mia Ziemann longs for something different and undergoes a radical new treatment that restores both her body and mind to that of a twenty-year-old. After her dramatic transformation, Mia finds herself lost in an avant-garde world of passion, designer drugs, and creative expression . . "Ideas -- big ideas -- lurk beneath Mia's romp through Sterling's delightfully imagined newly post-human Earth. Art, artifice, the pursuit of immortality, and youth and aging bounce around the story, the characters, and their conversations in imaginative, engaging fashion. . In the end, Holy Fire is one of the most interesting, imaginative, and subtly humorous -- and relevant for it -- novels the cyberpunk/post-human era has produced. . Holy Fire may very well be [Sterling's] best work." -- Speculiction "An intellectual feat, it is also a treat for the spirit and the senses." -- Wired "A patented Sterling extra-special." -- Newsday "The future Sterling traces is plausible and provocative, particularly his consideration of several contrasting cultures, and of the disenfranchised who are unable to become 'post-human.' Those interested in serious speculative conversation set within a very strange near-future will find this much to their taste." -- Publishers Weekly.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sterling, B. (2020). Holy Fire . Open Road Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sterling, Bruce. 2020. Holy Fire. Open Road Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sterling, Bruce. Holy Fire Open Road Media, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sterling, Bruce. Holy Fire Open Road Media, 2020.
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