- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz (24 Oct 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575601094
- ISBN-13: 978-0575601093
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,466,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Halton is a humanoid fabricant, Kay is a journalist feeding lines to the bubbleheads who present the news. When she is assigned to deliver Halton to a country from which she had only barely escaped with her sanity she realizes she has been set up - and the only one she can trust is not human.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Whoa, this was not what I expected. I picked up the book because it looked palatable. What surprised me was the welcome deviation from the usual romantic couple. Unusual characters, unusual romance. Also, I did like the story line and loved the physical movement from place to place.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Many novels seek to amuse or entertain, some to challenge and provoke, others to inform. This novel does all of these and much more. Looking For The Mahdi, N. Lee Wood's first mass-market work tells of us an engaging SF adventure set in a believable yet fictitious Middle Eastern country.
In this case, the "SF" doesn't necessarily stand for "Science Fiction" -- the phrase "Speculative Fiction" comes immediately to mind as the author crafts a seamless mix of present day fact with sensible future technologies and society. The fact that this is Wood's first novel lends more to the wonder: this book would stand well on its own if it had been produced by any seasoned, accepted author.
This was more than just a literary joy ride; I actually had to *stop* momentarily reading the novel in order to think about and appreciate the ideas it presented. Bravo!
On the strength of this effort I'm now going order N. Lee Wood's other novel, "Faraday's Orphans". I can hardly wait!
Format:Mass Market Paperback
overall a good read. unlike stephenson or gibson, put it down 3 times before completing
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Competent but arguably too close to a techno-thriller for SF
I read this over the weekend. Well done, competently written, characters seem quite real (including the "Fabricant" -android), the author clearly has done a lot of... Read more
Published on 17 Sep 1998
"Blade Runner" & "3 Days of the Condor" with...
"Looking for the Mahdi" is just OK. At heart it is a love story between a (human) woman and an android mulched in with your typical government conspiracy thriller. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 1997
Good book on questions of identity
This book is not without flaws, but it did keep me up until 3 AM to finish it. The book seems tied up with identity in strange ways: gender identity, human-vs. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 1997
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