{"product_id":"counterweight-paperback","title":"Counterweight - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDjuna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnton Hur\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWIRED \u003c\/i\u003e\"BOOK YOU NEED TO READ\" - For fans of the worlds of Philip K. Dick, \u003ci\u003eSquid Game\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSeverance: \u003c\/i\u003eAn absorbing tale of corporate intrigue, political unrest, unsolved mysteries, and the havoc wreaked by one company's monomaniacal endeavor to build the world's first space elevator\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"antic, madcap noir with flair\" (\u003ci\u003eWired) \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"fast-paced cyberpunk story\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) from one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, whose identity remains unknown.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the fictional island of Patusan--and much to the ire of the Patusan natives--the Korean conglomerate LK is constructing an elevator into Earth's orbit, gradually turning this one-time tropical resort town into a teeming travel hub: a gateway to and from our planet. Up in space, holding the elevator's \"spider cable\" taut, is a mass of space junk known as the counterweight. And stashed within that junk is a trove of crucial data: a memory fragment left by LK's former CEO, the control of which will determine the company's--and humanity's--future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Racing up the elevator to retrieve the data is a host of rival forces: Mac, the novel's narrator and LK's chief of External Affairs, increasingly disillusioned with his employer; the everyman Choi Gangwu, unwittingly at the center of Mac's investigations; the former CEO's brilliant niece and power-hungry son; and Rex Tamaki, a violent officer in LK's Security Division. They're all caught in a labyrinth of fake identities, neuro-implants called Worms, and old political grievances held by the Patusan Liberation Front, the army of island natives determined to protect Patusan's sovereignty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally conceived by Djuna as a low-budget science fiction film, with literary references as wide-ranging as Joseph Conrad and the Marquis de Sade, \u003ci\u003eCounterweight \u003c\/i\u003eis part cyberpunk, part hard-boiled detective fiction, and part parable of South Korea's neocolonial ambition and its rippling effects.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDJUNA\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and film critic, and a former chair of the Korean Science Fiction Writers Union. For more than twenty years they have published as a faceless writer, refusing to reveal personal details regarding age, gender, or legal name. Widely considered to be one of South Korea's most important science fiction writers, Djuna has published ten short-story collections and five novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eANTON HUR\u003c\/b\u003e was double-long-listed for the 2022 International Booker Prize and short-listed for his translation of \u003ci\u003eCursed Bunny \u003c\/i\u003eby Bora Chung. He has also won PEN translation grants transatlantically and has taught at various institutions in both South Korea and abroad, including the National Centre for Writing in the U.K. He lives in Seoul.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.07 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256766742777,"sku":"9780593469071","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/38Iau8ory9780593469071.webp?v=1768738573","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/counterweight-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}