| Brasyl | |
| Author | Ian McDonald |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jacket design by Stephan Martinière |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk |
| Publisher | Pyr |
| Publication date | May 3, 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 357 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-1-59-102543-6 (first edition, hardcover) |
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Plot Summary
Brasyl is a story in three braided pieces. The main action concerns Marcelina Hoffman, a coked-up ambitious reality TV producer in contemporary Brazil, a striving amateur martial artist who transcends the cliches of luvvy television phony and becomes a full-fledged, truly likable person as we watch her embark upon a mad new project. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Marcelina is going to find the disgraced goalie who lost Brazil a momentous World Cup half a century before and trick him into appearing on television for a mock trial in which the scarred nation can final wreak its vengeance.
Another story is set in the mid-21st century, at a moment when the first quantum technologies are reaching the street, which industriously finds its own use for these things. Q-blades that undo the information that binds together the universe, Q-cores that break the crypto that powers the surveillance state that knows every movement of every person and object in Rio and beyond.
The final story is a 19th century Heart of Darkness adventure in the deep Amazon jungle, as we follow an Irish-Portuguese Jesuit into slaver territory where he is sent to end the mad, bloody kingdom of a rogue priest who scours the land with plague and fire. Heart of Darkness is a Novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order He is joined by a French natural philosopher, who intends to reach the equator and discover the shape of the world with a pendulum.
References
- ^ "Time traveller", New Statesman, 2007-07-12. The New Statesman is a British Left-wing political Magazine published weekly in London. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Retrieved on 2008-05-28. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling
- ^ 2008 Hugo Award Nominees. The Hugo Awards. Retrieved on 2008-05-28. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling
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