New Atlantis
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3.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
“A complex, layered and hugely enjoyable story” –Bestsf
“Lovely work” –Locus
When a mysterious message arrives from vanished New Atlantis, a restless Mai undertakes the perilous journey to its drowned isles. But the journey is long and hard: through the Blasted Plains and the ancient cities of Tyr and Suf, through shipwreck and wilderness.
For this is a world where ants develop inexplicable weapons, where a lonely robot lives surrounded by cats in the ruins of old Paris, and where floating coral islands host sleeping sentience. Mai’s journey takes her by land, sea and air to the islands of New Atlantis, and to the nightmare prison buried underneath old London.
On her way she will find heartbreak and love – and a new life, awakening.
PRAISE FOR NEW ATLANTIS
“Excellent... not a word is wasted” –Sfcrowsnest
“Amazing” –1000yearplan
“A wonderful, imaginative story” –SFRevu
PRAISE FOR LAVIE TIDHAR
Winner – The World Fantasy Award
Winner – The John W. Campbell Award
Winner – The British Fantasy Award
Winner – The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize
Winner – The Neukom Literary Arts Award
Winner – The Kitschies Award
Winner – The BSFA Award
“Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own.” –NPR
“Tidhar changes genres with every outing, but his astounding talents guarantee something new and compelling no matter the story he tells.” –Library Journal
“In a genre entirely of his own, and quite possibly a warped genius.” –Ian McDonald, author of River of Gods
“One of the foremost science fiction authors of our generation.” –Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Gods of Jade and Shadow
“Already staked a claim as the genre’s most interesting, most bold, and most accomplished writer.” –Locus
“One of science fiction’s great voices.” –Starburst
Customer Reviews
Epic Journey Across a Post Apocalyptic World
In “New Atlantis” Lavie Tidhar introduces a realistic future world, that is post-apocalyptic, with a warmer climate, and seas that have risen. The remnants of humanity live a simpler life. Some salvage the ruins of the past, some seek to save and compile knowledge, but most live in a easy harmony with nature.
This is the story of Mai, who explains her own tale in the beginning of the novella:
“A message came, one day, from the place we now call the New Atlantis, where the seven sacred islands lie.…
I reluctantly went on a long, hard journey. I encountered loss, and I found love. I saw the Sun harvest in Suf and the fabled floating Isles of the Nesoi, and I suffered shipwreck. I met the mad robot, Bill, and I saw the ruins of La Ville Lumière. I visited Atlantis.”
Lavie Tidhar’s prose is lyric, and his post-collapse future society is well realized. There are always epic scenes is his work, that remain with the reader. One example of these is the humanoid robot Bill, who inhabits the ruins of Paris, along with his legions of cats.
This is a approachable work, and seems to be part of a future setting that the author will return to. It will be interesting to see what other tales he has to tell there.