This near-future sci-fi novel could almost be a sequel to George Orwell's 1984 - 2084, perhaps

- THE SUN,

A steely, brilliant piece of work

- DAILY TELEGRAPH,

Ken MacLeod is the modern day George Orwell

- SFX,

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Stylish, witty, and engaging!

- SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE,

Far more fun than deep space drama has any right to be...Just read the book. Then read it again. It's even better the second time.

- SFX,

Exciting...Accessible to the average reader as well as the hardcore SF fan. This is a work sure to keep the reader on the edge of her seat.

- ROMANTIC TIMES BOOKCLUB,

Insightful and ingenious . . . <i>Intrusion </i>is both horrific and comic, and deals movingly with the consequences of genetic fixes

GUARDIAN

A steely, brilliant piece of work

DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Insightful and ingenious . . . Intrusion is both horrific and comic, and deals movingly with the consequences of genetic fixes' - GUARDIAN

'Intrusion is a finely-tuned, in-your-face argument of a novel . . . MacLeod will push your buttons - and make you think' - SFX

Imagine a near-future city, say London, where medical science has advanced beyond our own and a single-dose pill has been developed that, taken when pregnant, eradicates many common genetic defects from an unborn child.

Hope Morrison, mother of a hyperactive four-year-old, is expecting her second child. She refuses to take The Fix, as the pill is known. This divides her family and friends and puts her and her husband in danger of imprisonment or worse. Is her decision a private matter of individual choice, or is it tantamount to willful neglect of her unborn child?

A plausible and original novel with sinister echoes of 1984 and Brave New World.

Books by Ken MacLeod:

Fall Revolution
The Star Fraction
The Stone Canal
The Cassini Division
The Sky Road

Engines of Light
Cosmonaut Keep
Dark Light
Engine City

Corporation Wars Trilogy
Dissidence
Insurgence
Emergence

Novels
The Human Front
Newton's Wake
Learning the World
The Execution Channel
The Restoration Game
Intrusion
Descent

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A disturbing and critically acclaimed novel with sinister echoes of 1984 and BRAVE NEW WORLD, from the award-winning author described by SFX as 'the modern day George Orwell'

'A haunting, gripping story of resistance, terror, and an all-consuming state that commits its atrocities with the best of intentions' Cory Doctorow

Imagine a near-future London where advances in medical science have led to the development of a pill which can eradicate genetic defects from an unborn baby.

Hope Morrison is pregnant with her second child. She refuses to take The Fix, as the pill is known. Her refusal divides her family and friends and puts her and her husband in danger of imprisonment or worse.

Is Hope's decision a private matter of individual choice, or is it tantamount to willful neglect of her unborn child?

'A disturbingly real socialist dystopia' Guardian

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781841499406
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Little, Brown Book Group
Vekt
292 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
416

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Since graduating from Glasgow University in 1976, Ken MacLeod has worked as a computer analyst in Edinburgh. He now writes full-time. He is currently the Writer in Residence for Edinburgh Napier University's MA in Creative Writing (2012-2013) and was the Genomics Forum writer in residence in 2009.