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Description edit
Think Bladerunner in the tropics... Be seduced, amazed, and shocked by one of the world's greatest and strangest nations. Past, present, and future Brazil, with all its color, passion, and shifting realities, come together in a novel that is part SF, part history, part mystery, and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Marcelina Hoffman: a newsreporter for Canal Quatro
- Luis Quinn: the admonitory of provincial de Magalhaesof the Colegio of Salvador in Bahia
- Dr Robert Francois St Honore Falcon: a French physicist in Brazil
- Edson Jesus Oliveira De Freitas: a businessman
- Moacir Barbosa: a goalkeeper in a fatefull match between Brazil and Uruguay in 1950
- Mr Peach: Edson's friend
- Dona Hortense: Edson's mother
- Zemba: Quinn's friend, an Amazon indian
- Caixa: Dr. Falcon's wife
- Diego Goncalves: an ex-priest
Setting & Locations edit
Brazil
- Amazon: Luis Quinn and Robert Falcontravel through Amazon
- Sao Paulo: Edson lives there
- Rio de Janeiro: Marcelina lives and works there
First Sentence edit
Marcelina watched them take the car on Rua Sacopa.
Table of Contents edit
Our Lady of Production Values 1
Our Lady of Spandex 51
Our Lady of Trash 95
Our Lady Who Appeared 147
Our Lady of Flood Forest 199
Our Lady of the Telenovelas 245
Our Lady of the Golden Frog 289
Our Lady of All Worlds 335
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Significant Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror). (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ian McDonald (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pyr
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 5-3-2007
ISBN: 978-1591025436
Page Count: 357
Publisher: Pyr
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 5-3-2007
ISBN: 978-1591025436
Page Count: 357
Awards edit
- Nebula (Finalist, 2008: Best Novel)
- BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) (2007: Best science fiction or fantasy novel)
- Locus Science Fiction Award (Finalist, 2008)
- Hugo Award (Finalist, 2008: Best Novel)
- Warwick Prize for Writing (Finalist, 2009, Longlist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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