Necroville

Ian McDonald

Language: English

Publisher: Orion

Published: Mar 10, 2011

Description:

Perhaps the most bizarre and frightening examination of what nanotechnology could mean. In the Los Angeles ghetto of Necroville, the yearly celebration of the Night of the Dead - where the dead are resurrected through the miracle of nanotechnology and live their second lives as non-citizens - becomes a journey of discovery and revelation for five individuals on the run from their pasts.
With his customary flair for making the bizarre both credible and fascinating, McDonald tosses aside the line of demarcation between living and dead in a story that confronts the central quandary of human existence: the essence of non-being.