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by Kathleen Ann Goonan (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books (1 May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380977117
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380977116
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,627,149 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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""Crescent City Rhapsody is marvelous! Goonan carves out her own future territory with passionate conviction; her Jazz novels show her to be a master of speculation and of character, as well."
-- Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Greg Bear
"Kathleen Ann Goonan has written a great big gumbo of a novel, full of freewheeling extrapolation and invention, where dozens of exotic people-whether they know it or not-help push humanity into a future of miraculous blinding clarity."
-- Multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Joe Haldeman
""Crescent City Rhapsody takes us into a 21st century made nearly unrecognizable by biotechnology, with exciting, disturbing, intriguing aspects. Anyone concerned with how our ideas and our very selves will change, as biology bites deep, should enjoy this swift, smart tale."
-- Nebula Award-winning author Gregory Benford
"? full of musical allusions and vibrant characters? the rhythm of the story an the interaction of the characters brilliantly captures a time when everyone sees the future happening, each in a different way."
--"Booklist (starred)
."..packed with dazzling ideas..."
--"Kirkus Reviews
"Kathleen Ann Goonan is an imaginative, intelligent, and humane writer-one of our be


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A novel about death and grieving, about Afro-Caribbean culture and Voodoo and about the four waves of Nanotechnology development. The world of CRESCENT CITY RHAPSODY is a world that is being changed by the day by advances in nanotechnology; it is a world where radio has died, of vastly increased lifespans and where extra terrestrials will play a pivotal role in everyone's life. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable but generic and ultimately unsatisfying, 9 Dec 2001
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This review is from: Crescent City Rhapsody (Mass Market Paperback)
This was an enjoyable if not particularly satisfying read. The premise is intriguing enough - that a "pulse" from outer space knocks out most of earth's advanced technology, forcing the world to confront a major political, social and economic re-think against the backdrop of this pulse as proof of extraterrestrial intelligence. But this premise is then squandered in two-dimensional characterisation and a confused, chaotic plot. The disparate strands of the characters' experiences do not add up, but simply fragment the narrative. Its like three or four separate novellas lumped together into a novel, but without a connecting thread or explanation that makes the story more than the sum of these parts. For example, much is made of the possibility of the pulse containing a message, but in the end even this ccentral plot point is left unclear in resolution. I enjoyed reading this book, but it is not a book that I would read again, or consider bringing anything new to the genre.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Hard to read, Hard to understand. Unsympathetic characters., 11 Aug 2001
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This review is from: Crescent City Rhapsody (Paperback)
Despite this I kept turning the pages because some of the narrative was interesting. I did find convoluted sentences confusing and it was annoying to have to read, then re-read, then re-re-read paragraphs. On the plus side I was grabbed by the idea that if elecromagnetic communication was not possible we might resort to a chemical (c-mail?). All in all - Kathleen Goonan is developing a writing style that bodes well for the future and I'll certainly read her books again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent page-turning book that will keep you occupied.., 12 Feb 2001
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An excellent page-turning book that will keep you occupied until you've finished it. Anyone who enjoys science will love the way the multi-narative storyline develops over many years-an excedingly good buy.
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