Immobility
by:
Brian Evenson (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780765330963 (0765330962)
Publish date: April 10th 2012
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Speculative Fiction,
Horror,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic,
Bizarro Fiction
Immobility is about an amnesiac man named Horkai, and in typical amnesic style Horkai begins this novel having no idea who he is, where he is, or who those around him are. So, he must trust the word of those around him, namely a man named Rasmus. Rasmus tells Horkai that he has been brought out of a...
I have to say that Brian Evenson is an author to look forward to. This book starts with a character Horkai being awakened from storage after a long time to procure a storage tank needed by "the community" or "the hive" as they call it. But the problem is he is being paralyzed from the waist down and...
Every once in a while you stumble across a book which surpasses all your expectations. 'Immobility' is one such book. I mean, here you have, the much used trope of a post-apocalyptic scenario (although, I must admit that PA is one of my favorite sub-genres and I would read even a mediocre book if it...
Josef Horkai has been awoken from storage after thirty years to aid the community. Only he can safely venture forth into the ruined landscape, and return with an item could mean the future of humanity. Evenson weaves a carefully constructed tale of a dystopian future where trust is a rare commodity ...
11 years ago
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