Susurrus on Mars
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by Hal Duncan
This novella-length collection of Erehwynan Idylls offers readers an indulgent and weird agglomeration of randy boys and revelations, as the embodiment of a small breeze--actually the gene-spliced child of the gods Zephyros and Ares--flirts and seduces fleshlings on a terraformed future Mars. Hal Duncan's acclaimed style is both alethic and erudite and offers a fresh telling of philosophical musings and classic Greek mythology for 21st century readers.
Hal Duncan's debut novel, Vellum, was published in 2005 to much acclaim. Subsequent works include the sequel, Ink, and various collections gathering short fiction, essays, or poetry, including Scruffians. A member of the Glasgow SF Writer's Circle, he also wrote the lyrics for Aereogramme's “If You Love Me, You'd Destroy Me” and the musical, Nowhere Town.
Paperback, 124 pages
This novella-length collection of Erehwynan Idylls offers readers an indulgent and weird agglomeration of randy boys and revelations, as the embodiment of a small breeze--actually the gene-spliced child of the gods Zephyros and Ares--flirts and seduces fleshlings on a terraformed future Mars. Hal Duncan's acclaimed style is both alethic and erudite and offers a fresh telling of philosophical musings and classic Greek mythology for 21st century readers.
Hal Duncan's debut novel, Vellum, was published in 2005 to much acclaim. Subsequent works include the sequel, Ink, and various collections gathering short fiction, essays, or poetry, including Scruffians. A member of the Glasgow SF Writer's Circle, he also wrote the lyrics for Aereogramme's “If You Love Me, You'd Destroy Me” and the musical, Nowhere Town.
Paperback, 124 pages
"This densely lyrical novella combines science fiction, Greek mythology, botany, philosophy, and erotica into a resonant whole..." - Publishers Weekly
"Duncan has a gift for turning his tricksy, pleasurably convoluted prose to the physical; the lyrically pornographic worship of the blowjob in the novella’s seventh section is a good example. A fine mix of crude and tender, the human and the divine, fucking in Susurrus on Mars isn’t just fucking—it’s akin to art. I’m reminded of the lineage of queer sex in prose, Burroughs and Whitman and all the other writers Duncan references." - Brit Mandelo for Tor.com
"Each jewel-like scene is like a marker on a trail through the otherwise unfathomable landscape; and despite the difficulty in navigating the Martian surface, it is a journey worth taking." - Out in Print
"Duncan has a gift for turning his tricksy, pleasurably convoluted prose to the physical; the lyrically pornographic worship of the blowjob in the novella’s seventh section is a good example. A fine mix of crude and tender, the human and the divine, fucking in Susurrus on Mars isn’t just fucking—it’s akin to art. I’m reminded of the lineage of queer sex in prose, Burroughs and Whitman and all the other writers Duncan references." - Brit Mandelo for Tor.com
"Each jewel-like scene is like a marker on a trail through the otherwise unfathomable landscape; and despite the difficulty in navigating the Martian surface, it is a journey worth taking." - Out in Print