China Mieville
Light is dark, and heavy. Certainly quantum mechanics-both propellant and unifying force in this remarkable novel-is nobody's idea of falling off a log. But its strange conjunctions, disregard for causality and meticulous examination of the coming-into-being of things are the background to Harrison's first pure science-fiction book for 30 years. This is a serious philosophical book, beautifully constructed… it will soon be regarded as one of the most dazzling novels of its genre.'
Daily Telegraph
'Having read (not by choice) all the shortlisted Bookers for the last seven years, Light knocks the shit out of the majority of them. It's profound, unique, complex, but the drawback it has on the Booker front is that it's also incredibly entertaining and gripping. Who cares about literary prizes. You'll sell warehouses full of this one.'
Muriel Gray
'The novel's style alternates between terse pointillisme and a lyrical intensity that is almost hallucinogenic… Harrison writes with fearsome, dextrous certainty about pretty much everything… Light is a novel of visionary power.'
The Times Literary Supplement
'Post-cyberpunk, post-slipstream, post-everything, Light is the leanest, meanest space opera since Nova. Visually acute, shot through with wonder and horror in equal measure, in Light's dual-stranded narrative M. John Harrison pulls off the difficult trick of making the present seem every bit as baroque and strange as his neon-lit deep future. Set the controls for Radio Bay and prepare to get lost in the K-Tract. You won't regret it.'
Alastair Reynolds
'Part of the bliss of Light is that he is as interested in the hearts of his characters as he is in their worlds… it juggles storylines with exemplary balance and alternates beauty, terror and wild farce to keep us perpetually on edge'
Time Out
'Dense and complex-but also action-packed and fast-moving. An impressive novel, rare proof of what science fiction can be.'
Complete Review
'I loved it. The multilayered plot worked stunningly well: in most such cases I tend to prefer one or the other, but with Light I was delighted to return to whichever came next. The story is somehow both bewildering and utterly clear, razor-sharp and wide enough to encompass worlds, and the language is beautiful, nailing both the bizarre and mundane with eerie skill. On every other page there's a line which makes you think 'it can't get better than this', and then it does. An amazing book: not just a triumphant return to science fiction, but an injection of style and content that will light up the genre.'
Michael Marshall Smith
'One of the most important books of science fiction to be written for a very long time. The man whom most of Britain's young guns of science fiction claim as a major inspiration is back, and he has lost none of his skills. Furthermore, he wants to travel with us into a future that is frightening but pregnant with exciting possibilities.'
Foundation
'At last M. John Harrison takes on quantum mechanics. The first classic of the quantum century, Light is a folded-down future history bound together by quantum exotica and human endurance. Taut as Hemingway, viscerally intelligent, startlingly uplifting, Harrison's ideas have a beauty that unpacks to infinity.'
Stephen Baxter
'Here we have "space opera" that brilliantly transcends its humble pulp origins while simultaneously glorying in them. The result is a gripping, thrilling, meditative novel which can be read and enjoyed on multiple levels.'
SF Weekly
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