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I bought jennifer marie brissett s elysium as a download for my kindle on a lark early this week. Brissett handles this not uncommon sf trope as if it were freshly minted. Author of the novel elysium aqueduct press and the upcoming sequel eleusis. Elysium by jennifer marie brissett book cover, description, publication history.
Surrender to the weird structure and its a unique, surprising and clever book that turns the postapocalyptic genre on its head. Elysium kindle edition by brissett, jennifer marie. A computer program etched into the atmosphere has a story to tellthe story of two people, of a city lost to cha. Her subtle morphings of identity and circumstance among her deeply felt characters serve to make us ponderwhat make up the core constituents of self and personality, and what is superficial. Brissett dared to shake her characterss lives and situations at the turn of a page, to mix classical myths, history and symbolism with scifi tropes. The writing and structure of the book are so accomplished, im amazed this is a first novel. Imagine combining the alternatereality concept of the matrix with the genderswitching concept of orlando and the retellingromanhistory aspect of julian comstock, and youre nearly there. Empires fall, towers melt into the air, and in the end. Received the 2014 special citation from the philip k.
Jennifer marie brissett s first novel, elysium, or the world after aqueduct press, 2014, portrays a fractured world, one whose seemingly irreversible destruction does nothing to dampen the survivors collective will to live. Her stories can be found in morpheus tales, warrior wisewoman 2, the future fire, thaumatrope, and halfway down the stairs. The first page of jennifer marie brissetts first novel is intoxicating. With a spiral narrative and a dance of identity and incident, she limns an array of characters and their worlds in deft strokes. Elysium by jennifer marie brissett by niall harrison strange horizons. Aaww radio posted breaking into speculative fiction, a panel. She has an mfa in creative writing from the stonecoast. Feb 01, 2015 in november last year, jennifer marie brissett wrote about her inspiration for elysium on the sf signal website.
Brissett showed similar determination in writing the book, whose nontraditional structure places it outside the mainstream. Her work has been the finalist for a number of awards and has won the philip k. Elysium audiobook by jennifer marie brissett rakuten kobo. Jennifer marie brissett is a writer, artist, and former bookseller.