Stephen Palmer Urbis Morpheos
Stephen Palmer’s new novel Urbis Morpheos is now published.
Stephen first came to the attention of the SF world with his Orbit Books debut Memory Seed and its sequel Glass. Further books, including the afro-punk Muezzinland, were published by the Wildside Press and Prime Books. Now PS Publishing are publishing his new novel:-
“A million years in the future, two ecosystems stand opposed. The first, Nature, has faded, and exists only as isolated havens or, in the wider world, as biomes perverted by artifice into hideous forms. Against it stands the manufacturing ecosystem, which has evolved into a myriad lifelike shapes, yet which offers only an antiseptic brutality... The land itself has changed. It is mutable. Maps remain accurate for little more than decades in Urbis Morpheos, the great manufactured environment that once was Earth...
In a world so numinous with artificial mystery most people have forgotten their origins in nature, Psolilai and psolilai must follow their paths and find wisdom. But men and devices stand in their way. And the most powerful being in Urbis Morpheos perhaps has hidden plans...”
This is Stephen’s sixth novel under his own name. It is introduced by Gwyneth Jones.
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Memory Seed – “The exotic horticulture is as inventive as anything in Aldiss' classic Hothouse, and parallels with present environmental concerns aren't bludgeoned home... Palmer is a find.” {Time Out}
Glass – “Blending good science fiction with an elegant exploration of the relationship between humans and their ancient electronic creations, Palmer's tale is littered with characters who behave in an ultimately believeable way... This is a brilliant second novel and makes, like its predecessor, a welcome change in a genre clogged with tat.” {SFX}
Flowercrash – “… jam-packed with powerful scenes, both uplifting and shocking (and frequently within the same chapter). It's a credit to Palmer's writing that his characters demand such investment from the reader, and with some richly peculiar scenery to boot Flowercrash makes for very satisfying reading.” {Infinity Plus}
Muezzinland –“ If you enjoy the full immersion experience of neo-magic, you'll [like] Muezzinland.” {Gwyneth Jones, New York Review Of SF}
Hallucinating – “It is [the] element of questionable reality that raises this book above simply being a fairly entertaining read . This is an intriguing book with a novel take on the alien invasion theme that raises a number of questions about what we actually mean by alien.” {Vector}