Near Futures: Air, River of Gods

[coalescent]

Change, some say, is a defining subject of sf. Changes in the world; changes in people. Geoff Ryman's short story 'Have Not Have', published in 2001, begins with a change, like this:
Mae lived in the last village in the world to go online. After that, everyone else went on Air.

Comments

[dfordoom]

After "Necroville" I'll definitely be reading more of Ian McDonald's work.

The Geoff Ryman book sounds interesting, but at the moment I can't considering buying anything unless it's available in a mass market paperback edition, and "Air" is only out in trade paperback in Australia.

[coalescent]

I would just like to say that your icon is freaking me out. What's it from?

[dfordoom]

You mean the new icon? It's from "Stingray".

[coalescent]

Oh! Yes, I recognise it now, thanks. Before, it looked like a demented puppet version of Kryten from Red Dwarf ...