Description
Captain Jim Wedderburn has looks, style and courage by the bucketful. He's adored by women, respected by men and feared by his enemies. He's the man to find out who has twisted London into this strange new world, and he knows it. But in Dream London the city changes a little every night and the people change a little every day. The towers are growing taller, the parks have hidden themselves away and the streets form themselves into strange new patterns. There are people sailing in from new lands down the river, new criminals emerging in the East End and a path spiralling down to another world. Everyone is changing, no one is who they seem to be.
About the Author
Tony Ballantyne is the author of Twisted Metal, Blood and Iron and the Recursion series, and many short stories. Tony grew up in County Durham in the North East of England. He studied Maths at Manchester University before moving to London, where he taught Maths and IT.
His first SF sale was "The Sixth VNM," which appeared in Interzone 138; since then he has had short stories appear in magazines and anthologies worldwide. He has also written romantic fiction and satirical pieces for various magazines such as Private Eye. Recursion, his first novel, was published by Tor UK in 2004.
Tony has been nominated for the BSFA and Philip K Dick awards. He now lives in Oldham with his wife and two children.
Reviews
"Tony Ballantyne's sixth novel, Dream London, is one of those unclassifiable gems that crop up from time to time. London is transforming into a quasi-Victorian nightmare of instant gratification. One man, Captain James Wedderburn - pimp, egotist and arch manipulator - is charged by the mysterious Cartel to find out who or what might be responsible. Along the way he meets a cast of delightful grotesques - Honey Peppers, a foul-mouthed six-year-old lackey to a psychotic gangster; the charmingly naive frog-man Mr Monagon; and the Quantifiers, huge humans with eyes on the ends of their tongues - as he brings about his own, and London's, redemption. The novel shares the surreal, absurdist whimsy of Alice in Wonderland and Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday." - The Guardian "Tony Ballantyne dares to dream...succeeds beyond all expectation." - Locus
Book Information
ISBN 9781781081730
Author Tony Ballantyne
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Solaris
Publisher Rebellion Publishing Ltd.
Series The Dream World
Weight(grams) 230g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 22mm
About the Author
Tony Ballantyne is the author of Twisted Metal, Blood and Iron and the Recursion series, and many short stories. Tony grew up in County Durham in the North East of England. He studied Maths at Manchester University before moving to London, where he taught Maths and IT.
His first SF sale was "The Sixth VNM," which appeared in Interzone 138; since then he has had short stories appear in magazines and anthologies worldwide. He has also written romantic fiction and satirical pieces for various magazines such as Private Eye. Recursion, his first novel, was published by Tor UK in 2004.
Tony has been nominated for the BSFA and Philip K Dick awards. He now lives in Oldham with his wife and two children.
Reviews
"Tony Ballantyne's sixth novel, Dream London, is one of those unclassifiable gems that crop up from time to time. London is transforming into a quasi-Victorian nightmare of instant gratification. One man, Captain James Wedderburn - pimp, egotist and arch manipulator - is charged by the mysterious Cartel to find out who or what might be responsible. Along the way he meets a cast of delightful grotesques - Honey Peppers, a foul-mouthed six-year-old lackey to a psychotic gangster; the charmingly naive frog-man Mr Monagon; and the Quantifiers, huge humans with eyes on the ends of their tongues - as he brings about his own, and London's, redemption. The novel shares the surreal, absurdist whimsy of Alice in Wonderland and Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday." - The Guardian "Tony Ballantyne dares to dream...succeeds beyond all expectation." - Locus
Book Information
ISBN 9781781081730
Author Tony Ballantyne
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Solaris
Publisher Rebellion Publishing Ltd.
Series The Dream World
Weight(grams) 230g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 22mm
