Returning to Mars after a long visit to Earth, a politician learns that his younger brother has become involved in a dangerous underground cult movement that is responsible for a governor's assassination. Reprint.
Alexander Jablokov Book order
Alexander Jablokov crafts science fiction for readers who refuse to sacrifice literate writing or vivid characters for the thrills they crave. He offers a seamless entry point for those outside the genre curious about journeys with dangerous AI or neurosurgeon/jazz musician turned detectives. Simultaneously, he delivers speculative flash, inscrutable aliens, and kitchen appliances with insect wing cases for hardcore SF aficionados. His work spans interplanetary espionage, complex future societies, and explorations of the bizarre in space opera.
- 1997
- 1996
The Breath of Suspension
- 343 pages
- 13 hours of reading
"Darkly suave competence" is how The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction refers to Jablokov's first novel, Carve the Sky, and the phrase could easily apply to many of the stories in this, Jablokov's first short story collection. Ranging from time travel to artificial intelligence, Jablokov covers a lot of ground in the ten stories here, although readers will quickly notice recurring themes both of art and self-identity amidst colorful, retro-decadent future worlds. Although his technique and consistency vary, Jablokov shows with his powerful, dynamic prose that he's a writer worth watching.Contents:The Breath of Suspension (1991)Living Will (1991)Many Mansions (1988)The Death Artist (1990)At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball (1987)Above Ancient Seas (1992)Deathbinder (1988)The Ring of Memory (1989)Beneath the Shadow of Her Smile (1985)A Deeper Sea (1989)
