Fairyland by Paul J. McAuley is a science fiction novel that delves into a weirdly recognizable future, focusing on themes such as Gaia, environment, AI, biology, Genentech, and evolution. The book follows a man's tale across three separate periods of time, presenting a blend of cyberpunk, gothpunk, and suspense elements. McAuley's writing style is described as deep and descriptive, allowing readers to immerse themselves in a world filled with fairies, dolls, and feys.
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Fairyland contains medium-level content warnings, including themes of existential horror, violence, and societal decay.
From The Publisher:
The 21st century.
Europe is divided between the First World bourgeoisie, made rich by nanotechnology and the cheap versatile slave labour of genetically engineered Dolls and the Fourth World of refugees and homeless displaced by war and economic upheaval. In London, Alex Sharkey is trying to make his mark as a designer of psychoactive viruses, whilst staying one step ahead of the police and the Triad gangs. At the cost of three hours of his life, he finds an unlikely ally in a scary, super-smart little girl called Milena, but his troubles really start when he helps Milena quicken intelligence in a Doll, turning it into the first of the fairies.
Milena isn't sure if she's mad or if she's the only sane person left in the world; she only knows that she wants to escape to her own private Fairyland and live forever. Although Milena has created the fairies for her own ends, some of the Folk, as fey and dangerous as any in legend, have other ideas about her destiny ...
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