Red dust : a novel
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Author
Contributors
Frye, David L., translator.
Published
Brooklyn, New York : Restless Books, [2020].
Status
Central Library - Science Fiction & Fantasy - 1st Floor
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Published
Brooklyn, New York : Restless Books, [2020].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
169 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"First published as Polvo rojo in Premio UPC 2003 by Ediciones B, Barcelona, 2004"--Title page verso.
Description
"From beloved Cuban science fiction author Yoss comes a bitingly funny space-opera homage to Raymond Chandler, about a positronic robot detective on the hunt for some extra-dangerous extraterrestrial criminals. On the intergalactic trading station William S. Burroughs, profit is king and aliens are the kingmakers. Earthlings have bowed to their superior power and weaponry, though the aliens, praying-mantis-like Grodos with pheromonal speech and gargantuan Collosaurs with a limited sense of humor, kindly allow them to do business through properly controlled channels. That's where our hero comes in, name of Raymond. As part of the android police force, this positronic robot detective navigates both worlds, human and alien, keeping order and evaporating wrongdoers. But nothing in his centuries of experience prepares him for Makrow 34, a fugitive Cetian perp with psi powers. Meaning he can alter the shape of the Gaussian bell curve of statistical probability--making it rain indoors, say, or causing a would-be captor to shoot himself in the face. Raymond will need all his training--and all his careful study of Chandler's hardbitten cops--to meet his match. As he did in his brilliantly funny and sharp science-fiction parables A Planet for Rent, Super Extra Grande, and Condomnauts, Yoss makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar in Red Dust, giving us an unforgettable half-human hero and a richly imagined universe where the bad guys are above the laws of physics."--Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Yoss., & Frye, D. L. (2020). Red dust: a novel (First Restless Books paperback edition.). Restless Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Yoss, 1969- and David L., Frye. 2020. Red Dust: A Novel. Restless Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Yoss, 1969- and David L., Frye. Red Dust: A Novel Restless Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Yoss, and David L. Frye. Red Dust: A Novel First Restless Books paperback edition., Restless Books, 2020.
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