Air, or, Have not have
By: Geoff Ryman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Communication -- Technological innovations -- Fiction.; Young women -- Fiction.; Older women -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Air; Have not have
Description: "Chung Mae is the only connection her neighbors have to the culture of a wider world beyond the fields and simple houses of her village. A new communications technology is sweeping the world and promises to connect everyone, everywhere without power lines, computers, or machines. This technology is Air. An initial testing of Air goes disastrously wrong and people are killed from the shock. Not to be stopped Air is arriving with or without the blessing of Mae's village. Mae is the only one who knows how to harness Air and ready her people for it's arrival, but will they listen before it's too late?"--BOOK JACKET.