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AFTERPARTY

Daryl Gregory

A marvelous mix of William Gibson's "Neuromancer, "Philip K. Dick's "Ubik, " and perhaps a bit of Peter Watts's "Starfish" a last chance to save civilization, or die trying.

It begins in Toronto, in the years after the smart drug revolution. Any high school student with a chemjet and internet connection can download recipes and print drugs, or invent them. A seventeen-year-old street girl finds God through a new brain-altering drug called Numinous, used as a sacrament by a new Church that preys on the underclass. But she is arrested and put into detention, and without the drug, commits suicide.

Lyda Rose, another patient in that detention facility, has a dark secret: she was one of the original scientists who developed the drug. With the help of an ex-government agent and an imaginary, drug-induced doctor, Lyda sets out to find the other three survivors of the five who made the Numinous in a quest to set things right.

A mind-bending and violent chase across Canada and the US, Daryl Gregory's "Afterparty "is a marvelous mix of William Gibson's "Neuromancer, "Philip K. Dick's "Ubik, " and perhaps a bit of Peter Watts's "Starfish" a last chance to save civilization, or die trying.

AFTERPARTY
Deutsch von Frank Boehmert
[TB TOR 02/17]

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Book Published 2014-04-01 by Tor Books

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Both irreverent and sympathetic to the sincere Numinous-addicted believers, the tragi-comical satire dispenses with sermons and easy morals, preferring to be entertaining and thought-provoking instead.

French: Éditions du Bélial (Fiction);

The way the author combines the energy of a thriller with the ideas of sf is reminiscent of William Gibson's best one-step-into-the-future novels like Pattern Recognition. (starred review)

Spain: Ediciones Gigamesh

Daryl Gregory's Afterparty is why we write science fiction: to explore issues, to tackle themes, to provoke, and, yes, to entertain. It's all here in a page-turner about big ideas, a thriller about moral choices, a breathless ride into a down-and-dirty tomorrow. - Robert J. Sawyer

It has been a long time since I have read a book of such wide scope... Gregory's style is one of subtle urgency, and through this psychedelic romp his characters all speak with individual voices that almost impress their visage on your mind, even without the aid of the comic book artist. Afterparty is a work of pure science fiction, of pure entertainment, a reader-involving, exhilarating saga that will put your imagination into high gear and keep it there. When you are done reading, you will not believe what you have been through and will be hungry to read it again. Read more...

Daryl Gregory's Afterparty is almost certainly the only novel you'll read this year which calls to mind both Huxley's The Doors of Perception and the damaged tough guys of contemporary crime fiction; both Philip K. Dick and Tony Kushner. The very satisfying result is likely to prove his most popular novel. - Gary K. Wolfe

This taut, brisk, gripping narrative, dazzlingly intercut with flashbacks and sidebars, oozes warmth and wit. A hugely entertaining, surprising and perhaps prophetic package that, without seeming to, raises profound questions about the human mind and the nature of perception.