Von Ian McDonald wird einer neuer Roman Luna - New Moon für den September angekündigt.
http://www.sfsignal....quite-stunning/
Der Roman spielt auf dem Mond und es geht um die Intrigen und Kämpfe fünf verfeindeter Firmen-Dynastien. Nach McDonalds eigenen Worten, eine Art Dallas auf dem Mond: Game of Domes nennt er es.
Das ist nur deshalb nicht so bescheuert, wie es sich anhört, weil McDonald derjenige ist, der das schreibt.
Erscheint ebenfalls bei Tor Books. Mal sehen, ob das Buch irgendwann den Weg nach Deutschland findet.
Hier ein paar Zitate:
†˜†˜My next books are Luna parts one and two, a duology set on a moon base - Game of Domes. In the Luna books, I†™m still writing about developing economies, it†™s just that this one happens to be on the moon, about 2089. It was basically Gary K. Wolfe who was responsible for it. On an ancient Coode Street podcast about invigorating stale subgenres in science fiction, he said he†™d love to see a new take on the moonbase story. I don†™t know why, but I†™ve always loved moon stories. John Varley did one, Steel Beach. I thought about it, and Enid, my partner, was watching TV, the new version of Dallas. It wasn†™t very good, but the old version was great. My book is Dallas on the moon, so it†™s got five big industrial family corps on the moon, called the five dragons, and it†™s about their intrigues and battles. It†™s also developing in parallel as a TV project with a company I†™ve worked with before. There†™s a gap in the market for an SF series that doesn†™t look like science fiction, if you know what I mean.
†˜†˜There are a couple of kickers that keep the story running along. On the moon there†™s no criminal law, there†™s only contract law. Everything is negotiable in some form or another. You can be married to three different people at the same time with three different contracts; they don†™t have to live with you. Every part of life is negotiated. There†™s also a ticking clock: if you†™re on the moon for more than two years, your bone structure and musculature will degenerate to the point to where it†™s not safe to go back to Earth again, so everyone who goes there to work has to decide, †˜Do I stay or do I go?†™ And there†™s corporate intrigue, with a family matriarch getting old but not ready to pass, because there will be a power vacuum. There are battling brothers, basically the Thor/Loki relationship, with the charismatic older brother and the clever younger one. It†™s a lot of fun to do. I watched the hell out of The Godfather several times, parts one and two. It†™s the same structure, really. There†™s been a first look at the world of Luna already: Jonathan published a story †˜The Fifth Dragon†™ in his Reach for Infinity anthology, which is part of this world.†
Quelle: http://www.locusmag....on-xenoforming/
LG Trurl
»Schau dir diese Welt nur richtig an, wie durchsiebt mit riesigen, klaffenden Löchern sie ist, wie voll von Nichts, einem Nichts, das die gähnenden Abgründe zwischen den Sternen ausfüllt; wie alles um uns herum mit diesem Nichts gepolstert ist, das finster hinter jedem Stück Materie lauert.«
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