{"product_id":"city-of-all-seasons-paperback","title":"City of All Seasons - 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\u003eOliver K. Langmead\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAliya Whiteley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant and emotional science fantasy about cousins trapped in mirrored worlds - the resplendent and verdant summer city and the ice-carved wastes of the winter city. For fans of Every Heart a Doorway and This is How You Lose the Time War. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beautifully strange and unique fable.\" The Guardian's Best SF of 2024 on Aliya Whiteley\u003cbr\u003e\"A unique and memorable work.\" The Guardian's Best SF of 2024 on Oliver K. Langmead\u003cbr\u003e\"An elegantly told meditation on how we can't leave ourselves behind.\" Esquire's 30 best SF Books of 2024 on Oliver K. Langmead \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to Jamie Pike's Fairharbour - a city stuck in perpetual winter, its windows and doorways bricked shut to keep out the freezing cold, its residents striving to survive in the arctic conditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to Esther Pike's Fairharbour - a city stuck in constant summer, its walls crumbling in the heat, its oppressive sunlight a relentless presence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinter and Summer alike, have both fallen under the yoke of oppressive powers, that have taken control after the cataclysm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut both Fairharbours were once a single, united city. And in certain places, at certain times, one side can catch a glimpse of the other. As Jamie and Esther find a way to communicate across the divide, they set out to solve the mystery of what split their city in two, and what, if anything, might repair their fractured worlds.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOliver K. Langmead writes speculative fiction. His new verse-novel, \u003ci\u003eCalypso\u003c\/i\u003e, is published by Titan Books in 2024. His novel, \u003ci\u003eGlitterati\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award, and named one of New Scientist's best Science Fiction books of 2022. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eBirds of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMetronome\u003c\/i\u003e, and the verse-novel\u003ci\u003e Dark Star\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's best books of 2015. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Lancaster, and in late 2018 he was the writer in residence at the European Space Agency's Astronaut Centre in Cologne. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAliya Whiteley's is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty, The Loosening Skin, Skein Island, From the Neck Up, The Arrival of Missives\u003c\/i\u003e and more. Her novels and novellas have been shortlisted for multiple awards including the Arthur C Clarke award, British Fantasy award, British Science Fiction award and a Shirley Jackson award. Her short fiction has appeared in\u003ci\u003e Interzone, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Black Static, Strange Horizons, The Dark, McSweeney's Internet Tendency \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in anthologies such as Unsung Stories'\u003ci\u003e This Dreaming Isle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2084\u003c\/i\u003e and Lonely Planet's \u003ci\u003eBetter than Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. She also writes a regular non-fiction column for \u003ci\u003eInterzone\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52024127127853,"sku":"9781835411445","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/city-of-all-seasons-paperback-3392908.webp?v=1777428848","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/city-of-all-seasons-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}