Out on Blue Six

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335 pages

English language

Published June 29, 1989 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:
978-0-553-27763-0
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OCLC Number:
19699326

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Out on Blue Six is a 1989 science fiction novel by the British writer Ian McDonald, his third novel. The plot describes the adventures of groups of outcasts and "pain criminals" in the Compassionate Society, a civilization in which all forms of pain and unhappiness have been made illegal.

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4 stars

I've not read anything from Ian McDonald before, but if this book is typical of his skill, Imma fix that right away.

Take Douglas Adams, William Gibson, and Ogden Nash, blend them together and strain them through Lewis Carroll, and the result might vaguely resemble Out On Blue Six. Excellent, poetic, and zany as hell.

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  • Science fiction, English.