2024/017: Gogmagog: The First Chronicle of Ludwich — Jeff Noon and Steve Beard

2024/017: Gogmagog: The First Chronicle of Ludwich — Jeff Noon and Steve Beard

A spell was underway. From the dank soil, from the memories of the witches of Dark Eden, from the gardener priests of the Wodwo clan as they huddled round their campfires in the days of snow and iron. From the flow of sap, from the river's tides. From the Deep Root. Aye, and from the dreams of the Old Ones, as they fell to earth in Year of First Arrival. [loc. 676]

Jeff Noon published the four books in the Vurt series, beginning with Vurt, in the 1990s: since then he's had a lower profile, working on interactive fiction and a series of SF-inflected pulp noir mystery novels. His latest work is coauthored with Steve Beard, with whom he's also worked on the writing game, and later novel, Mappalujo.

Cady Meade is a veteran river captain, full of tales about her years on the river Nysis, travelling up to the city of Ludwich and back down to the estuary. Now she's down on her luck, drinking too much, wandering the marshes, complaining about the youth of today.( Read more... )