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Machines roam the desert in search of purpose; works of art can be deadlier than weapons, and improbable love transcends the sands of time. From the multiaward-winning universe of Central Station, a complex desert-city of the future’s inhabitants rediscover passion while at the brink of revolution.“Can we just all admit now that Lavie Tidhar’s a genius?”—Daryl Gregory, award-winning author of SpoonbendersThe city known as Neom is many things to many beings, human or otherwise. Neom is a tech wonderland for the rich and beautiful; an urban sprawl along the Red Sea; and a port of call between Earth and the stars.In the desert, young orphan Saleh has joined a caravan, hoping to earn his passage off-world from Central Station. But the desert is full of mechanical artefacts, some unexplained and some unexploded. Recently, a wry, unnamed robot has unearthed one of the region’s biggest mysteries: the vestiges of a golden man.In Neom, childhood affection is rekindling between loyal shurta-officer Nasir and hardworking flower-seller Mariam. But Nasu, a deadly terrorartist, has come to the city with missing memories and unfinished business.Just one robot can change a city’s destiny with a single rose—especially when that robot is in search of lost love.
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Neom, Lavie Tidhar
- Language
- Released
- 2022
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Neom
- Subtitle
- A Novel From The World Of Central Station
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lavie Tidhar
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1616963824
- ISBN13
- 9781616963828
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, World Literature, Romance, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Science Fantasy, Terrorism, Robots, Roses, Orphans, Saudi Arabia
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- Machines roam the desert in search of purpose; works of art can be deadlier than weapons, and improbable love transcends the sands of time. From the multiaward-winning universe of Central Station, a complex desert-city of the future’s inhabitants rediscover passion while at the brink of revolution.“Can we just all admit now that Lavie Tidhar’s a genius?”—Daryl Gregory, award-winning author of SpoonbendersThe city known as Neom is many things to many beings, human or otherwise. Neom is a tech wonderland for the rich and beautiful; an urban sprawl along the Red Sea; and a port of call between Earth and the stars.In the desert, young orphan Saleh has joined a caravan, hoping to earn his passage off-world from Central Station. But the desert is full of mechanical artefacts, some unexplained and some unexploded. Recently, a wry, unnamed robot has unearthed one of the region’s biggest mysteries: the vestiges of a golden man.In Neom, childhood affection is rekindling between loyal shurta-officer Nasir and hardworking flower-seller Mariam. But Nasu, a deadly terrorartist, has come to the city with missing memories and unfinished business.Just one robot can change a city’s destiny with a single rose—especially when that robot is in search of lost love.