Rian Hughes: XX (2020, Pan Macmillan)
992 Seiten
Sprache: English
Am 18. Dezember 2020 von Pan Macmillan veröffentlicht.
The battle for your mind has already begun. At Jodrell Band in England Observatory in England, a radio telescope has detected a mysterious signal of extraterrestrial origin--a message that may be the first communication from an interstellar civilization. Has humanity made first contact? Is the signal itself a form of alien life? Could it be a threat? If so, how will the people of Earth respond?
Jack Fenwick, artificial intelligence expert, believes that he and his associates at tech startup Intelligencia can interpret the message and find a way to step into the realm the signal encodes. What they find is a complex alien network beyond anything mankind has imagined.
this book is long. and dense. and incredibly well-crafted. not a light read, but it is the first book in a very long time that i literally, physically, did not put the book down until i could no longer keep my eyes open. it is a helluva book. saying "think Dhalgren meets House of Leaves meets 2001" would be trite, but not wrong, but also not right.
