Invisible Things
Author: Johnson, Mat
ISBN: 9780593229279
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 16 May 2023
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
b>A "funny and insightful" (i>BuzzFeed/i>) novel about a hidden human civilization, a crucial election, and a mysterious invisible force that must not be named, by one of our most imaginative comic novelists/b>BR>BR>b>b>A sharp allegorical novel about a hidden human civilization, a crucial election, and a mysterious invisible force that must not be named, by one of our most imaginative comic novelists/b> br>br>b>LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD . /b>ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR- i>The Washington Post/i>/b>br>br>When sociologist Nalini Jackson joins the SS i>Delany /i>for the first manned mission to Jupiter, all she wants is a career opportunity- the chance to conduct the first field study of group dynamics on long-haul cryoships. But what she discovers instead is an entire city encased in a bubble on Europa, Jupiter's largest moon.br>br>Even more unexpected, Nalini and the rest of the crew soon find themselves abducted and joining its captive population, forced to start new lives in a place called New Roanoke.br>br>New Roanoke is a city riven by wealth inequality and governed by a feckless, predatory elite, its economy run on heedless consumption and income inequality. But in other ways it's different from the cities we already know- it's covered by an enormous dome, it's populated by alien abductees, and it happens to be terrorized by an invisible entity so disturbing that no one even dares acknowledge its existence.br>br>Albuquerque chauffer Chase Eubanks is pretty darn sure aliens stole his wife. People mock him for saying that, but he doesn't care who knows it. So when his philanthropistboss funds a top-secret rescue mission to save New Roanoke's abductees, Chase jumps at the chance to find her. The plan- Get the astronauts out and provide the population with the tech they need to escape this alien world. The reality- Nothing is ever simple when dealing with the complex, contradictory, and contrarian impulses of everyday earthlings.br>br>This is a madcap, surreal adventure into a Jovian mirror world, one grappling with the same polarized politics, existential crises, and mass denialism that obsess and divide our own. Will New Roanoke survive? Will we?
ISBN: 9780593229279
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 16 May 2023
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
b>A "funny and insightful" (i>BuzzFeed/i>) novel about a hidden human civilization, a crucial election, and a mysterious invisible force that must not be named, by one of our most imaginative comic novelists/b>BR>BR>b>b>A sharp allegorical novel about a hidden human civilization, a crucial election, and a mysterious invisible force that must not be named, by one of our most imaginative comic novelists/b> br>br>b>LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD . /b>ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR- i>The Washington Post/i>/b>br>br>When sociologist Nalini Jackson joins the SS i>Delany /i>for the first manned mission to Jupiter, all she wants is a career opportunity- the chance to conduct the first field study of group dynamics on long-haul cryoships. But what she discovers instead is an entire city encased in a bubble on Europa, Jupiter's largest moon.br>br>Even more unexpected, Nalini and the rest of the crew soon find themselves abducted and joining its captive population, forced to start new lives in a place called New Roanoke.br>br>New Roanoke is a city riven by wealth inequality and governed by a feckless, predatory elite, its economy run on heedless consumption and income inequality. But in other ways it's different from the cities we already know- it's covered by an enormous dome, it's populated by alien abductees, and it happens to be terrorized by an invisible entity so disturbing that no one even dares acknowledge its existence.br>br>Albuquerque chauffer Chase Eubanks is pretty darn sure aliens stole his wife. People mock him for saying that, but he doesn't care who knows it. So when his philanthropistboss funds a top-secret rescue mission to save New Roanoke's abductees, Chase jumps at the chance to find her. The plan- Get the astronauts out and provide the population with the tech they need to escape this alien world. The reality- Nothing is ever simple when dealing with the complex, contradictory, and contrarian impulses of everyday earthlings.br>br>This is a madcap, surreal adventure into a Jovian mirror world, one grappling with the same polarized politics, existential crises, and mass denialism that obsess and divide our own. Will New Roanoke survive? Will we?
