# Air

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- Book: [Air](https://www.bookquiver.com/geoff-ryman/air) ([Air.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/geoff-ryman/air.md))
- Authors: [Geoff Ryman](https://www.bookquiver.com/geoff-ryman)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7321-215-2
- Published: 2015-04-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

" AIR is wonderful... Ryman is a true, graceful writer and this is a novel you move into and inhabit for as long as you can make it last" - Kit Reed " This book constantly surprised me ... great for a lot of seriously original ideas and a deep dive into the consequences" - Goodreads Reviewer Mae Chung lives in the rice-farming village Kizuldah, in Karzistan. She's a self-styled fashion expert, guiding the village women in dress, make-up and hairstyle, which makes her an informal village leader. When the UN decides to test Air - a radical new technology that works without power lines or machines - Mae finds herself with the memories of a deceased village elder, Mrs Tung. Struggling with information overload, the resentment of much of the village, and a complex family situation, Mae works fiercely to learn what she needs to ride the tiger of change. Geoff Ryman's triumphant return to science fiction is a powerful, evocative story of information technology in a changing world.