Red Dust

by Paul J. McAuley

Book Overview

Transformed into a reluctant deity by a viral kiss, former Contract Agronomist Technician Wei Lee is set adrift in a terraformed world of cowboys, tribal Yankees, and feral children, appointed to be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038077528X
• ISBN13: 9780380775286
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

My 100-word book review

Despite the science fiction setting Red Dust is basically a quest, with hero Wei Lee seeking to achieve his destiny and discover what happened to his long-lost parents. The story takes place on a Mars colonised by the Chinese, and McAuley depicts this transplanted oriental milieu with style and considerable gusto. There are some striking scenes (Matrix-like fights and Yankee whalers hunting on seas of dust) yet there is not much depth to this imagined world, and Wei Lee is rather too passive to be a convincing hero. Faults notwithstanding, I enjoyed Red Dust and found it an entertaining read.

Talk about changing plot lines...

This book took me longer to read that any other recently, mostly because every chapter or so everything seem to change - new characters etc..). Lots to digest - thoroughly enjoyable... J

Excellent

McAuley combines hard SF detail with an ambitious picaresque tale for a novel that feels unique. Very satisfying