{"product_id":"calypso-9781803365336","title":"Calypso","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Ambitious and immersive...an elegantly told meditation on how we can't leave ourselves behind.\" -Esquire Magazine - The Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA ground-breaking, mind-bending and wildly imaginative epic verse revolution in SF. A saga of colony ships, shattering moons and cataclysmic war in a new Eden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExperience the Hugo Award and BSFA award-nominated, truly unforgettable lyrical eco-fiction masterpiece, for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Jeff VanderMeer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role as engineer on the colony ark, Calypso. But she finds the ship has transformed into a forest, populated by the original crew's descendants, who revere her like a saint. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe travels the ship with the Calypso's creator, the enigmatic Sigmund, and Catherine, a bioengineered marvel who can commune with the plants, uncovering a new history of humanity forged while she slept. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe discovers a legacy of war between botanists and engineers. A war fought for the right to build a new Earth - a technological paradise, or a new Eden in bloom, untouched by mankind's past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Rochelle, the last to wake, holds the balance of power in her hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver K. Langmead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Titan Books (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 6.06w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803365336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver K. Langmead\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and a poet based in Glasgow. His novels include \u003ci\u003eGlitterati\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBirds of Paradise \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMetronome, \u003c\/i\u003eand his long-form poem, \u003ci\u003e Dark Star\u003c\/i\u003e, featured in the Barnes and Noble and the Guardian's Best Books of 2015. Oliver is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Glasgow, where he is researching terraforming and ecological philosophy, and in late 2018 he undertook a writing residency at the European Space Agency's Astronaut Centre in Cologne, writing about astronauts and people who work with astronauts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Titan Books (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43774293180531,"sku":"9.7818E+12","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_808d6961-84d7-46b5-98d7-b1d66193688a.jpg?v=1757422294","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/calypso-9781803365336","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}