
By Light Alone
$40.99
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2012
Summary
In a world where we have been genetically engineered so that we can photosynthesise sunlight with our hair, hunger is a thing of the past, food an indulgence. The poor grow their hair, the rich affect baldness and flaunt their wealth by still eating. But other hungers remain…
The young daughter of an affluent New York family is kidnapped. The ransom demands are refused. A year later a young woman arrives at the family home claiming to be their long-lost daughter. She has changed so mu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780575083660 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0575083662 |
| Author: | Adam Roberts |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 345g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 158mm x 29mm |
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“Should have won the 2009 Booker Prize.”
In the tradition of Swift, Orwell and Atwood–THE TIMES
About The Author
Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is Professor of 19th-century literature at London University. His novels, SALT, GRADISIL and YELLOW BLUE TIBIA have all been shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award. He has also published a number of academic works on both 19th-century poetry and SF.
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