Notes from the Burning Age - Claire North
Category: General Fiction
Narrator: Peter Kenny
Tags: General Fiction, Novel, Sci-Fi, Adults
A REVIEWER: Claire Norths new SF is climate-punk without as QUITE an uber-bleak outlook as usually comes with such cli-punk SF. Lots of intrigue, repressed societies, quasi-religious cultural restrictions that summon up the monsters that burned the old world, but still enough technology going around to make this world quite interesting and believable., But what weve got here is spycraft, a tightly plotted novel, characters that are quite memorable, and enough twists and turns and harrowing situations that amount to all-out war to fill any kind of cold-war thriller. Only this one revolves around old technologies plummed from the old internet, making a wild combination of translation issues, research espionage, and knowledge-is-power inquisition versus humanist revolutionary thugs all during a post-climate disaster where most people have died., Publishers Summary:, One of the best books Ive read in recent years. Thought provoking, imaginative and packs a hell of an emotional punch. (Adri
