China Mountain Zhang

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China Mountain Zhang

Author:	Maureen F. McHugh
Publisher:	Gollancz, 2016 Orb Books, 1997 Orbit, 1995 Tor, 1992
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Book Type:	Novel
Genre:	Science-Fiction
Sub-Genre Tags:	Cyberpunk Near-Future Dystopia
Awards:	1992 Otherwise Winner 1992 Nebula Nominated 1993 Locus FN Winner 1993 Hugo Nominated
Lists:	SF Masterworks The ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) WWEnd Top Nominated Books The Classics of Science Fiction Award Winning Books by Women Authors SF Mistressworks Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 WWEnd Top Listed Books The Defining Science Fiction Books of the 1990s 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001 An LGBTQ Speculative Fiction Resource Science Fiction by Women Writers
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Synopsis

'I am Zhang, alone with my light, and in that light I think for a moment that I am free.' Imagine a world: a sinocentric world where Chinese Marxism has vanquished the values of capitalism and Lenin is the prophet of choice. A cybernetic world where the new charioteers are flyers, human-powered kites dancing in the skies over New York in a brief grab at glory. A world where the opulence of Beijing marks a new cultural imperialism, as wealthy urbanites flirt with interactive death in illegal speakeasies, and where Arctic research stations and communes on Mars are haunted by their own fragile dangers.

A world of fear and hope, of global disaster and slow healing, where progress can only be found in the cracks of a crumbling hegemony. The world of Zhang. An anti-hero who's still finding his way, treading a path through a totalitarian order - a path that just might make a difference.