{"product_id":"central-station-9781616962142","title":"Central Station","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eAmazon\u003c\/i\u003e Featured Best Science Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Best SF \u0026amp; Fantasy Book of 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglist, British Science Fiction Award 2016, Best Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's all of science fiction distilled into a single book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Warren Ellis, author of \u003ci\u003eTransmetropolitan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGun Machine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris's ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin is infatuated with a robotnik--a damaged cyborg soldier who might as well be begging for parts. His father is terminally-ill with a multigenerational mind-plague. And a hunted data-vampire has followed Boris to where she is forbidden to return. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRising above them is Central Station, the interplanetary hub between all things: the constantly shifting Tel Aviv; a powerful virtual arena, and the space colonies where humanity has gone to escape the ravages of poverty and war. Everything is connected by the Others, powerful alien entities who, through the Conversation--a shifting, flowing stream of consciousness--are just the beginning of irrevocable change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt Central Station, humans and machines continue to adapt, thrive...and even evolve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616962142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2016 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lavie Tidhar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662310240412,"sku":"9781616962142","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1eb0b962-e93a-416a-933b-70cbfb6e022b.jpg?v=1603901600","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/central-station-9781616962142","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}