Air (novel)

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Air: Or, Have Not Have
First edition cover
First edition cover
Author Geoff Ryman
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher St. Martin's Griffin
Publication date October 2004
Media type Print (Paperback & Hardback)
Pages 400 pp (first edition, paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-312-26121-7 (first edition, paperback)

Air, also known as Air: Or, Have Not Have, is a 2005 novel by Geoff Ryman. It won the British Science Fiction Award , the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and was on the short list for the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel in the novel category.

Ryman initially wrote a short story for the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction entitled "Have Not Have", which was included in the April 2001 edition.[1] This was expanded into a novel initially titled Air: Or, Have Not Have, and renamed to just Air in all editions since the first.

Contents

Air is the story of Chung Mae, a smart but illiterate peasant woman in a small village in the fictional country of Karzistan (loosely based on the country of Kazakhstan), and her suddenly leading role in reaction to dramatic, worldwide experiments with information technology.

  • Have Not Have, the first chapter as an excerpt at Infinity Plus.
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