Chung Kuo: The Middle Kingdom - Hardcover

Wingrove, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385298730 ISBN 13: 9780385298735

Publisher: Delacorte Press, 1989

Synopsis

This epic of the future creates the world of Chung Kuo, blending high technology and the ancient Far East, and chronicles "The War of Two Directions," in which progress battles stability

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From the Publisher:

The Year is 2190. China has once again become a world unto itself and this time its only boundary is space . . . The world is City Earth, ruled by the Seven, China's new kings. Beautiful, controlled, sensual, this high-tech society is rushing toward war between the forces of West and East, between the rebels who hunger for change and the overlords who demand stability, between the very powers of darkness and light. It will be an era of violent conflagration destined to expose the basest elements of human nature . . . and the highest dreams. An epic that draws us into an alternative world so real, so complete that we become denizens of the new Middle Kingdom, touched by longings we never imagined. . . driven by forces as ancient as man's first breath. Not since Asminov's Foundation books and Herbert's Dune has there been such a majestic and powerful vision of a believable other world. . . seductive, chilling, unforgettable!

From Library Journal:

When a 600-page novel peopled by dozens of characters and complicated by complex layers of intrigue leaves one eager for more, then something very exciting has been created. Wingrove's novel of the 22nd century, in which China rules the world's 39 billion people, is an imaginative, fast-paced exploration of the future. As the Chinese ideals of harmony and order are challenged by the restive Europeans' thirst for change and progress, a rift forms that points the world toward a devastating war. Neatly dovetailed story lines, well-paced plotting, and exotic, intriguing characters are definite pluses. This first novel premieres a planned series of seven. Highly recommended. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 9/15/88.
-Beth Ann Mills, New Rochelle P.L., N.Y.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0385298730
• ISBN 13: 9780385298735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592