Stalenhag, Simon
The Electric State
- ISBN 13:
- 9781471176081
- author:
- Stalenhag, Simon
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 144
- Dimensions:
- 24 x 19.5 centimetres (0.79 kg)
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Science Fiction, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A beautifully illustrated science fiction story, The Electric State is a haunting tale of a teenage girl and her robot on a cross-country road trip through a strange American landscape. In 1997, they travel west, passing by the ruins of gigantic battle drones and the discarded trash of a high-tech consumerist society addicted to a virtual-reality system. As they approach the edge of the continent, the world outside their car window seems to unravel at an ever faster pace. The novel is told in spare prose and features almost a hundred gorgeous, full-colour illustrations. It's a striking and strangely compelling work of science fiction gothic, exploring the mundanity of everyday relationships alongside science fiction imagery that is both beautiful and unsettling. Praise for The Electric State has been widespread, with many critics hailing it as a jaw-dropping science fiction artbook and a haunting illustrated novel.
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