Glimmering A Novel
Glimmering A Novel by Elizabeth Hand, published by HarperPrism in 1997, is a work that explores a transformed world on the brink of chaos. Set in 1999, the narrative unfolds against a backdrop of altered climates and collapsing cities, where the sky is a vivid tapestry of colors due to global warming. The story centers on Jack Finnegan, the last publisher of a literary magazine, who is confronting his own mortality due to AIDS, while the floodwaters threaten his home. Alongside him are Trip Marlowe, a rock star immersed in hallucinogenic experiences, and Marz Candry, who is entwined in a complex web of relationships and societal upheaval.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of characters and themes that delve into the intersections of fantasy and science fiction, particularly in the context of city life. As Jack grapples with his newfound health and the implications of an elixir from a mysterious scientist, the narrative weaves together elements of addiction, identity, and the surreal. The edition spans 413 pages and is presented in English, inviting readers to immerse themselves in a world where the boundaries of reality and illusion blur, and the future remains uncertain.
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It is 1999. The Last Days, say some; the First, say others. The climate has altered irrevocably, the cities have imploded into vicious shards, and the stars haven’t been seen for months. The sky is a shimmering arras of reds and greens and golds, the result of global warming, it is thought. Jack Finnegan, publisher of the world’s last literary magazine, is dying of AIDS while he watches the floodwaters rise toward his decaying mansion on the Hudson. Trip Marlowe, a rock star addicted to the wild glories of the hallucinogenic drug IZE, is immortalizing himself as a digital VR icon. Marz Candry, the “Hyacinth Girl” blooming under the canopy of the Glimmering, is waiting to bear Trip’s child, while the fellahin and their underground cults are preparing the frenzies of the Night of the Thousand Years. All these and more are drawn in to the seductive web of Leonard Thrope, the Warhol-like “sociocultural pathologist” who arrives from the East with his entourage bearing a gift: an elixir developed by an exiled scientist in a Tibetan lamasery. Jack (who tries everything, on principle) finds he is no longer HIV positive, no longer dying. Thanks to Fusax, something far more terrible, far more wonderful, far more unexpected is about to happen to Jack Finnegan and his world.
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