Title: The Merchants of Souls
Title Record # 20956
Author: John Barnes
Date: 2001-11-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Thousand Cultures
Series Number: 3
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Current Tags: science fiction (1), virtual reality (1), Earth (1) Add Tags
Author: John Barnes
Date: 2001-11-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Thousand Cultures
Series Number: 3
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: From the flaps of the Tor first edition: "Giraut Leones, special agent for the shadowy instrumentality in charge of reintegrating humanity's sundered fragments, had been betrayed by his closest friend and superior. The result was the destruction of the planet Briand and the end of Giraut's marriage. Giraut swore then that he would never work for the Office of Special Projects again - but now he must.
Now a new movement on Earth seeks to use the recorded personalities of the dead as helpless virtual-reality playthings. To the worlds of the interstellar Thousand Cultures, where the reborn are accepted as normal citizens, it's a monstrous crime and reinforces their distaste for Earth, which they consider the stagnant heart of humanity. If Giraut cannot stop Earth from ratifying its plans, the tenuous structure of interstellar human civilization will collapse
Complicating matters, Giraut's brain now hosts a second consciousness - the revived consciousness of his old, long-dead friend Raimbaut. Together Giraut and Raimbaut must confront their shared past while struggling with a deadly present."
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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16 | 2002 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Merchants of Souls | 2001-11-00 | John Barnes | Tor | 0-312-89076-1 | $25.95?$: US dollar |
398 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | John Harris | |
The Merchants of Souls | 2002-02-00 | John Barnes | Tor / SFBC | 15982 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
398 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | John Harris | |
The Merchants of Souls | 2002-11-00 | John Barnes | Tor | 0-812-58969-6 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
398 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | John Harris | |
The Merchants of Souls | date unknown | John Barnes | Tor | 978-1-4299-7064-8 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | John Harris |
Reviews
- Review by Don D'Ammassa (2001) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #219 December 2001
- Review by Russell Letson (2002) in Locus, #492 January 2002
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (2002) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2002
- Review by Claire Brialey (2002) in Vector 225
- Review by David Langford (2002) in Nova Express, Summer 2002