Mercury Station by Mark von Schlegell - ISBN: 9781584350712
Paperback
It’s 2150, and Eddie Ryan is a prisoner on Mercury, ruled by the qompURE MERKUR: compelling future-history sci-fi by the author of Venusia.
  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    6 March 2009

Summary

It’s 2150, and Eddie Ryan is a prisoner on Mercury, ruled by the qompURE MERKUR- compelling future-history sci-fi by the author of Venusia.Published by Semiotext(e) in 2005, Mark von Schlegell’s debut novel Venusia was hailed in the sci-fi and literary worlds as a “breathtaking excursion” and “heady kaleidoscopic trip,” establishing him as an important practitioner of vanguard science fiction. Mercury Station, the second book in Von Schlegell’s System Series, continues the journey into a dyst…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781584350712
ISBN-10:1584350717
Author:Mark von Schlegell
Publisher:Autonomedia
Imprint:Semiotext
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:6 March 2009
Weight:431g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 21mm
Series:Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
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Critics Review

[ Mercury Station] harks back to the heyday of such New Wave giants as J. G. Ballard, as well as such glorious eccentrics as Ursula K. Le Guin, John Calvin Batchelor, and Philip K. Dick, while shooting off stylistic fireworks reminiscent of Vladimir Nabokov. […] von Schlegell addresses the realities of a grim future with grace, humor, and intellectual honesty.

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About The Author

Mark von Schlegell

Mark von Schlegell’s stories and essays appear regularly in underground newspapers, zines, art books, and amateurist periodicals the world over. Venusia, his first novel, was honor-listed for the 2007 James M. Tiptree Jr. Prize in science fiction.

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