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Counterweight

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Author
Djuna
Co-Author
-
Translator
Anton Hur
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Year
2023
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > SF > Fantasy

Original Title
평형추
Romanization of Original
Pyeonghyeongchu
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9780593317228
Page
-
Series
OVERDRIVE READ

About the Author

Writer default image
  • Djuna
  • Birth : 1971 ~ -
  • Occupation : Science fiction Writer
  • First Name : na
  • Family Name : Dju
  • Korean Name : 듀나
  • ISNI : 0000000049005778
  • Works : 9
About the Original Work
평형추
  • 평형추
  • Author : Djuna
  • Published Year : 2021
  • English Title : -
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

On the fictional island of Patusan—and much to the ire of the Patusan natives—the Korean conglomerate LK is constructing an elevator into Earth’s orbit, gradually turning this one-time tropical resort town into a teeming travel hub: a gateway to and from our planet. Up in space, holding the elevator’s “spider cable” taut, is a mass of space junk known as the counterweight. And stashed within that junk is a trove of crucial data: a memory fragment left by LK’s former CEO, the control of which will determine the company’s—and humanity’s—future.
Racing up the elevator to retrieve the data is a host of rival forces: Mac, the novel’s narrator and LK’s chief of External Affairs, increasingly disillusioned with his employer; the everyman Choi Gangwu, unwittingly at the center of Mac’s investigations; the former CEO’s brilliant niece and power-hungry son; and Rex Tamaki, a violent officer in LK’s Security Division. They’re all caught in a labyrinth of fake identities, neuro-implants called Worms, and old political grievances held by the Patusan Liberation Front, the army of island natives determined to protect Patusan’s sovereignty. Originally conceived by Djuna as a low-budget science fiction film, with literary references as wide-ranging as Joseph Conrad and the Marquis de Sade, Counterweight is part cyberpunk, part hard-boiled detective fiction, and part parable of South Korea’s neocolonial ambition and its rippling effects.

Source: https://lti.overdrive.com/media/9310900?cid=37224

Translated Books3

  • CONTRAPESO
    Portuguese(Português) Book
    CONTRAPESO
    DJUNA / 듀나 / 2024 / -
  • Asansör
    Turkish(Türkçe) Book
    Asansör
    DJUNA / 듀나 / 2024 / -
  • Counterweight
    English(English) Book
    Counterweight
    Djuna / 듀나 / 2023 / -
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