John Clute

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John Clute

Appleseed

by John Clute

About the Author

Bibliography

Paperback - Orbit (2002)

First British Edition Orbit (2001)

Appleseed
It is the dawn of the fourth millennium, and for trader Nathanael Freer it is business as usual.
File Dance, his ship, is in the safe hands of an AI with two minds and a krewe of helpers.
And his latest commission - to deliver a shipment of nanoforges to the planet Eolhxir - is routine enough.
All seems okey dokey.
But it is not. A galaxy-wide data plague is infecting the spiral arm of local stars all the way from Old Earth. Universal darkness threatens the vast concord of living civilisations. And a trap has been laid that will draw Freer into an eons-old conflict. His contract, it seems, is far from routine - and Eolhxir holds the key to everything
'Intoxicating… remarkable' Neil Gaiman
'This is SF ready and waiting to kick ass in the 21st century… I loved every brain-searing page' Enigma
‘A comprehensive re-imagining of space-opera - not to say space - for the twenty-first century’ M. John Harrison
‘Exuberant, witty, sexy, satirical . . . a kaleidoscope of fractal dreams, with every word a special-effects firecracker’ Stephen Baxter
‘A glorious explosion of language and thought’ Joe Haldeman

About The Author
John Clute is one of the most highly respected critics in the science fiction field, for which he has won numerous awards. In addition to writing many acclaimed essays and articles, he edited and contributed to both The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, both landmark works of reference. He moved from Canada, where he was born, in 1969 and now lives in London.
Appleseed is his first science fiction novel.

Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Appleseed (Orbit, 2001) Orbit Pbk Apr 02