Mystery and espionage surround the building of a space elevator in Djuna's trippy sci-fi novel Counterweight.
Djuna is the pen name of a novelist who has been incredibly popular in Korea, despite remaining completely anonymous; this is their first novel translated into English.
The mysterious author riffs on everything from old-school private eye novels to cyberpunk to 60s psychedelic sci-fi in what turns out to be quite a romp through genres.
My daughter gave me this novel as a present, and I read it quickly (and have since gifted another copy to a friend). Recommended for science fiction fans.
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