River of Gods

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Title River of Gods
Author Ian McDonald
Cover artist Stephan Martiniere
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Released 2004
Media type Print (Hardback, Paperback)
Pages 485 (Paperback 1st edition), 583 (Hardcover 1st edition)
ISBN ISBN 0743256700 (Paperback 1st edition), ISBN 0743256697 (Hardcover 1st edition)

River of Gods is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald.

Contents

[edit] Plot introduction

The novel follows 9 different characters around the centenary of India's partition, August 15, 2047. Old India has become balkanized, and a water shortage is jeopardizing the peace between these states. The global information network is now inhabited by Artificial Intelligences, called aeais in the novel, of varying levels of intelligence.

[edit] Explanation of the novel's title

The title refers to the Ganges River. Characters visit the river during the novel, and some of the action takes place in the holy city of Varanasi which is traditionally associated with the Ganges.

[edit] Awards and nominations

[edit] Trivia

  • An upload of Bill Gates' consciousness, created in an attempt to cheat death, is kept as a servant by the data broker Ramanandacharya [1]
  • Ian McDonald has also written two additional novellas set in same world River of Gods, they are The Little Goddess and The Dijinn's Wife.

[edit] Release details

[edit] Sources, references, external links, quotations

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ McDonald, Ian. River of Gods. pg 531


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