Blue Light A Novel
Blue Light, a novel by Walter Mosley, was published by St. Martin’s Press on November 2, 1998. This first edition spans 296 pages and is presented in English. The narrative unfolds in the Bay Area during the mid-1960s, where a cosmic blue light strikes several individuals, triggering an evolution in their DNA that propels them beyond the current state of humanity. The story centers on Chance, a mixed-race individual who becomes involved with those transformed by the light, exploring the tensions between these evolved beings and the existing human race.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes such as race, identity, and humanity, as the novel delves into the conflicts arising from this rapid evolution. The characters, including one who embodies Death, navigate their new abilities and the implications of their existence. Blue Light presents a thought-provoking narrative that challenges conventional understandings of human potential and societal dynamics, inviting readers to consider the future of humanity through a unique lens.
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The human race has just begun. In the Bay Area in the mid-1960s, several people are struck by a cosmic blue light that “quickens” their DNA, causing them instantaneously to evolve far beyond the present state of the human race. They become the full actualization of humankind, with strengths, understandings & communication abilities that exceed our imagining. Blue Light is the story of this quickening, & the conflict between these precursors of a new race of humans & the old breed they seem destined to supplant. Unfolding from the point of view of Chance, a half-black, half-white lost soul who becomes a follower of the “blues,” the novel traces battles among those struck by the light (including one who becomes the living embodiment of Death) & their quest to bring their message of evolution & higher purpose to the rest of the world. Blue Light explores some of the questions about race, identity, & humanity that are the hallmark of the author’s other best-selling fiction, but his mind-stretching new approach will take his readers to a fascinating place they’ve never traveled.
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