Necroville (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Ian McDonald
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cyberpunk
- Time of Work: The near future
- Setting: The Los Angeles sprawl
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Future, Los Angeles, Circuses or carnivals, Resurrection, Zombies or living dead
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA
The Plot
On the morning of November 1, one year early in the twenty-first century, master drug designer Santiago Columbar sends an invitation to four old friends to meet him that night at the Terminal Cafe in Necroville. Nanotechnology has made it possible for humans to escape death: They can be reborn into techtoplastic bodies, and the process can be repeated whenever necessary, perhaps forever. The resurrected dead, however, are not legally human. As a permanent underclass, they are exploited and are confined at night to deadtowns such as Necroville.
On this night,...
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