Neom

A Novel from the World of Central Station

Lavie Tidhar

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01 December 2022

Science fiction; Science Fiction

Machines roam the desert in search of purpose; works of art can be deadlier than weapons, and improbable love transcends the sands of time. From the multiaward-winning universe of Central Station, a complex desert-city of the future's inhabitants rediscover passion while at the brink of revolution.

The city known as Neom is many things to many beings, human or otherwise. Neom is a tech wonderland for the rich and beautiful; an urban sprawl along the Red Sea; and a port of call between Earth and the stars.

In the desert, young orphan Elias has joined a caravan, hoping to earn his passage off-world from Central Station. But the desert is full of mechanical artefacts, some unexplained and some unexploded. Recently, a wry, unnamed robot has unearthed one of the region's biggest mysteries: the vestiges of a golden man.

In Neom, childhood affection is rekindling between loyal shurta-officer Nasir and hardworking flower-seller Mariam. But Nasu, a deadly terrorartist, has come to the city with missing memories and unfinished business.

Just one robot can change a city's destiny with a single rose - especially when that robot is in search of lost love.

'This was superb and I'm in awe of Tidhar's vision.' - The Speculative Shelf

'Lavie Tidhar's Neom is a stunning return to his world of Central Station, twinning the fates of humans and robots alike at a futuristic city on the edge of the Red Sea.' - Green Man Review

'Can we just all admit now that Lavie Tidhar's a genius?' - Daryl Gregory, award-winning author of Spoonbenders

'This is Tidhar at his best: the crazily proliferating imagination, the textures, the ideas, the dazzling storytelling. A brilliant portrait of community and its possibilities.' - Adam Roberts, author of Purgatory Mount

'Neom is a treasure, and Tidhar says that there are so many more stories from this complicated world. Every new one is a compelling chapter in this future history that reflects so much about who we are and the basic things we yearn for.' - SciFi Mind

'World Fantasy Award winner Tidhar takes readers back to the fascinating far-future world of 2016's Central Station in this gentle narrative about self-fulfillment and one robot's quest to reunite with a lost love. In Neom, a port city between Earth and space on the shores of the Red Sea, Mariam de la Cruz divides her days between several odd jobs while her nights are spent longing for quietude. Meanwhile, shurta officer Nasir questions the point of law enforcement as he spends most of his time handing out tickets for littering. An unnamed robot reunites these two childhood friends when Nasir and Mariam become entangled in the robot's mission to resurrect a 'golden man' of legend. These quiet personal stakes play out against a vividly imagined world where ancient war machines stalk the deserts and seas, terrorist 'art installations' explode forever within stasis fields, and the human population in space tell stories of the eldritch creatures inhabiting the Oort clouds. Meanwhile, Tidhar offers a heartfelt exploration of artificially intelligent beings' struggles to find existential meaning while being restrained by both coding and form. Fans of literary sci-fi are sure to be enchanted by the imaginative worldbuilding and tenderly wrought characters.' - Publishers Weekly

'Lavie Tidhar's Neom is a stunning return to his world of Central Station, twinning the fates of humans and robots alike at a futuristic city on the edge of the Red Sea.' - Green Man Review

'This was superb and I'm in awe of Tidhar's vision. He's conjured up a futuristic city that feels simultaneously ultramodern and also run down. The rich histories of the region and its cultures are seamlessly interwoven into the fabric of this fully-realized world.' - The Speculative Shelf

'Yet again, Lavie Tidhar's future world of Neom is exciting and distinctive, his characters complex and fascinating, and his themes powerful and thought-provoking. [Tidhar] is the best sort of science fiction.' - Kij Johnson, author of The River Bank

'Always expect the unexpected with Lavie Tidhar, and this welcome return to the sprawling space-operatic world of Central Station delivers oodles of poetry, action, memorable characters, wonderfully bizarre landscapes and wild imagination. No two books by Tidhar are ever the same, but each is a revelation.' - Maxim Jakubowski, author of The Piper's Dance

'Vivid and techno-mythological, Neom infects you with something special that transcends all the incidents and terrors-a shimmering current of guarded optimism.' - David Brin, author of Existence, Earth and The Postman

By: Lavie Tidhar
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781616963828
ISBN 10: 1616963824
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

British Science Fiction, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Award winning author Lavie Tidhar (A Man Lies Dreaming, The Escapement, Unholy Land, The Hood) is an acclaimed author of literature, science fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, and middle grade fiction. Tidhar received the Campbell, Xingyun, and Neukom awards for the novel Central Station. In addition to his fiction and nonfiction, Tidhar is the editor of the Apex Best of World Science Fiction series and a columnist for the Washington Post. His speaking appearances include Cambridge University, PEN, and the Singapore Writers Festival. He has been a Guest of Honour at book conventions in Japan, Poland, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, China, and elsewhere; he is currently a visiting professor and writer in residence at the American International University. Tidhar currently resides with his family in London.

Reviews for Neom: A Novel from the World of Central Station

Accolades for the works of Lavie Tidhar On Central Station John W. Campbell Award Winner Neukom Literary Arts Award Winner Arthur C. Clarke Award Finalist NPR Best Books Barnes and Noble Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Locus Recommended Reading List Beautiful, original, a shimmering tapestry of connections and images. --Alastair Reynolds, author of the Revelation Space series A dazzling tale of complicated politics and even more complicated souls. Beautiful. --Ken Liu, author of The Paper Menagerie and The Grace of Kings [STARRED REVIEW] Readers of all persuasions will be entranced. --Publishers Weekly [STARRED REVIEW] A fascinating future glimpsed through the lens of a tight-knit community. --Library Journal If Nalo Hopkinson and William Gibson held a seance to channel the spirit of Ray Bradbury, they might be inspired to produce a work as grimy, as gorgeous, and as downright sensual as Central Station. --Peter Watts, author of Blindsight and The Freeze-Frame Revolution On Unholy Land Best Books of the Year: NPR Books Library Journal Publishers Weekly UK Guardian Crime Time Thoughtfulness, suspense, imagery, and beautiful prose. Highly recommended. --Fantasy Literature [STARRED] Incredible twists on multiple realities and homecoming. This latest from Campbell and World Fantasy Award winner Tidhar (Central Station) is fascinating and powerful. --Library Journal On The Escapement Philip K. Dick Award nominee Locus Recommended Reading List Publishers Weekly Top-10 Forthcoming Fantasy Title LitStack Most Anticipated Book Den of Geek Top New Fantasy Book Foreword Book of the Day A wild, decadent hybrid ofThe Dark Tower and Carnivale. --Catherynne M. Valente, author of Deathless Comic, tragic, and utterly magnificent. --Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree An original masterpiece that is all Tidhar, full of echoes of his earlier stories and novels. --Sci Fi Mind