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Counterweight  Cover Image Book Book

Counterweight / Djuna ; translated from the Korean by Anton Hur.

Tyuna, (author.). Hur, Anton, (translator.). Tyuna. translation of: P'yŏnghyŏngch'u. English. (Added Author).

Summary:

"For fans of the worlds of Philip K. Dick, Squid Game, and Severance: An absorbing tale of corporate intrigue, political unrest, unsolved mysteries, and the havoc wreaked by one company's monomaniacal endeavor to build the world's first space elevator-from one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, whose identity remains unknown. On the fictional island of Patusan-and much to the ire of the Patusan natives-the Korean conglomerate LK is constructing an elevator into Earth's orbit, gradually turning this one-time tropical resort town into a teeming travel hub: a gateway to and from our planet. Up in space, holding the elevator's "spider cable" taut, is a mass of space junk known as the counterweight. And it's here that lies the key-a trove of personal data left by LK's former CEO, of dire consequence to the company's, and humanity's, future. Racing up the elevator to retrieve the data is a host of rival forces: Mac, the novel's narrator and LK's Chief of External Affairs, increasingly disillusioned with his employer; the everyman Choi Gangwu, unwittingly at the center of Mac's investigations; the former CEO's brilliant niece and his power-hungry son; and a violent officer from LK's Security Division, Rex Tamaki-all caught in a labyrinth of fake identities, neuro-implant "Worms," and old political grievances held by the Patusan Liberation Front, the army of island natives determined to protect their sovereignty. Conceived by Djuna as a low-budget science fiction film, with literary references as wide-ranging as Joseph Conrad and the Marquis de Sade, The Counterweight is part cyberpunk, part hardboiled detective fiction, and part parable of Korea's neocolonial ambition and its rippling effects"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593317211 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: viii, 160 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2023]

Content descriptions

Language Note:
In English, translated from the Korean.
Subject: Artificial intelligence > Fiction.
Corporations > Corrupt practices > Fiction.
Indigenous peoples > Fiction.
Genre: Science fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch FIC Tyuna 31681010332229 FICTION Available -


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