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The Flies of Memory

Ian Watson

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Description:Episodic alien-visitation expansion of a 1988 short story, from the talented, erratic UK author of God's World, Chekhov's Journey, Whores of Babylon etc. When insect-like alien "Flies" descend on Earth, claiming to have come to "remember" it, body-language expert Charles Spark is brought in to decipher their purposes. The Flies study Rome intently & in turn are studied by nuns, secret agents, psychics & Charles. Turns out the Flies discharge their memories into hormone-jelly tanks, where the memories are impressed upon the universal information-field & preserved forever. But then, as the Flies depart, Munich vanishes, only to turn up on Mars. Survivors take refuge inside a museum submarine. An international expedition brings the protagonists to Mars. En route, experiments with the jelly evokes a godlike entity that snatches up the experimenters, all women, & conveys them to the Flies' home planet. Here, they must come to terms with being immortal tho trapped inside the memory store. A triumph of style, what with the novel's 5 parts each told from a different viewpoints, & plenty of stimulating & intriguing ideas; but also dense, hard to follow in places & fragmented. Impressive, then, but far from easy & not entirely rewarding.--Kirkus (edited)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Flies of Memory. To get started finding The Flies of Memory, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Episodic alien-visitation expansion of a 1988 short story, from the talented, erratic UK author of God's World, Chekhov's Journey, Whores of Babylon etc. When insect-like alien "Flies" descend on Earth, claiming to have come to "remember" it, body-language expert Charles Spark is brought in to decipher their purposes. The Flies study Rome intently & in turn are studied by nuns, secret agents, psychics & Charles. Turns out the Flies discharge their memories into hormone-jelly tanks, where the memories are impressed upon the universal information-field & preserved forever. But then, as the Flies depart, Munich vanishes, only to turn up on Mars. Survivors take refuge inside a museum submarine. An international expedition brings the protagonists to Mars. En route, experiments with the jelly evokes a godlike entity that snatches up the experimenters, all women, & conveys them to the Flies' home planet. Here, they must come to terms with being immortal tho trapped inside the memory store. A triumph of style, what with the novel's 5 parts each told from a different viewpoints, & plenty of stimulating & intriguing ideas; but also dense, hard to follow in places & fragmented. Impressive, then, but far from easy & not entirely rewarding.--Kirkus (edited)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Flies of Memory. To get started finding The Flies of Memory, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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