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Lucifer's Dragon (Paperback)

by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books; New edition edition (1 Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743478274
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743478274
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 488,665 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Passion di Orchi is no more than the obscenely rich daughter of a West Coast mafia boss - until she decides to rebuild Venice. In the middle of the Pacific. A century later, with New Venice ossified into a puritanical elegance, the daughter of Count Ryuchi slips away from her father's palazzo, out to the levels to play Lucifer's Dragon. A multi-level, self-perpetuating, true 3-D trawl through the Apocalypse, Lucifer's Dragon is coded so the game never repeats its own failures. But an altercation in a bar puts Karo on a collision course with NVPD officer Angeli, drafted in by media giant CySat to investigate a murder she knows way too much about. And then there's Razz, the silver exotic. Too tired and jaded to keep living, she takes on the job of guarding CySat's ultimate boss, the ten-year-old Aurelio. With all the high tech security in place, it should be a walk in the park. But the last thing Razz sees is CySat's child-ruler making too close an acquaintance with an Uzi, and then she wakes up in Zurich. Dead...


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'William Gibson meets Quentin Tarantino...'
NVPD cop Angeli falls for computer-junkie Karo while investigating a murder. His only help a very unofficial history of Santa Passionata, amphetamine addict, Mafia daughter and founder of newVenice. Drugs, techno, vampires and Vivaldi. Murder meets media manipulation in a tale a little more bitter and twisted than most... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My first Jon Courtenay Grimwood book - but there'll be more!, 14 Sep 2001
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I came across this author purely by chance and in a very rash moment, ordered a copy. It then sat on my bookshelf gathering dust for a few months before I finally dragged it down, having nothing else to read. And was more than pleasantly surprised!!

Jon Courtenay Grimwood belongs to the same genre of first class SF writers that includes Neal Stephenson and William Gibson. His characters are well developed and the story progresses brilliantly, with the kind of attention to detail and plot twists that keep you turning the pages. This was a book I simply couldn't put down and then left me feeling empty once I had finished the final page.

All this from a work that was rated overall only 3 stars - so now I can't wait to get hold of his latest work which sounds even better than Lucifer's Dragon!

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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Unusual, gripping and downright odd, 10 Jul 2001
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I read Pashazade, which I loved, so I thought I'd try something else by the same author. Lucifer's Dragon was a pretty different proposition, but still an exciting, roller coaster read.

There are similarities - Venice rebuilt in the middle of the Pacific is a main character, just as El Iskandria is in Pashazade; and Officer Angelli was a bit like Raf from Pashazade, but nowhere near as developed. But the thing I really love about Grimwood's writing is his strong female characters. In LD Passion is the scene-stealer - whether she's building the city as a young woman, or running a weird gang of misfits as an ancient vampire. In Pashazade, it's Zara who gives Raf a run for his money.

Don't get me wrong, this book is odd. And it's more of a thriller than a crime novel, but it would definitely spur me on to read another of Grimwood's novels.

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7 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Mindless, 6 Jul 2001
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Gratuitous graphic violence, pointless lists of designer brand names, random references to misunderstood popular science. The worst book I've read in a long time.
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