This weightless world a novel

"A debut novel subverting a classic sci-fi trope set in gentrified Chicago, the tech boom corridors of Silicon Valley, and across the vastness of the cosmos. 'The Weightless World' follows a revolving cast of characters after a mysterious signal from outer space upends their lives. Sevi is a burned-...

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Main Author: Soto, Adam (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Astra House, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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520 |a "A debut novel subverting a classic sci-fi trope set in gentrified Chicago, the tech boom corridors of Silicon Valley, and across the vastness of the cosmos. 'The Weightless World' follows a revolving cast of characters after a mysterious signal from outer space upends their lives. Sevi is a burned-out music teacher desperate for connection, fighting to find meaning in rekindled love. Ramona, his on-again, off-again computer programmer girlfriend is determined to build an AI to prevent mankind's destruction. And Eason, Sevi's cello protégé, is struggling after his high school in Chicago is shuttered and he is forced to measure his commitment to an estranged childhood friend against the change of escaping neighborhood troubles. When the signal-at first seen as a sign of hope-stops as abruptly as it started, they are all forced to reckon with its aftermath. A dazzling deconstruction of science-fiction tropes, 'This Weightless World' looks to the past for a vision of the future." --  |c Page 2 of cover. 
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