The Immortal King Rao. A Novel
| Title | The Immortal King Rao. A Novel |
| Year for Search | 2022 |
| Authors | Vara, Vauhini |
| Pagination | 374 pp. |
| Date Published | 2022 |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
| Place Published | New York |
| ISBN Number | 978-0393541755 |
| Keywords | Canadian author, Female author, US author |
| Annotation | A complex novel that is part family history set in a future Hothouse Planet that is nearing the end of human habitability governed by the Shareholder Government (a mega-corporation with shareholders rather than citizens). An algorithm known as Algol constantly judges each person’s Social Capitol ranking, There are also areas outside Shareholder Government control known as the Blanklands that are anarchist-communist enclaves where people known as Exes live. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The female author was born in Canada, and raised there and in the U.S., where she lives. |
| Full Text | 2022 Vara, Vauhini. The Immortal King Rao. A Novel. New York: W. W. Norton. 374 pp. PSt A complex novel that is part family history set in a future Hothouse Planet that is nearing the end of human habitability governed by the Shareholder Government (a mega-corporation with shareholders rather than citizens). An algorithm known as Algol constantly judges each person’s Social Capitol ranking, There are also areas outside Shareholder Government control known as the Blanklands that are anarchist-communist enclaves where people known as Exes live. The female author was born in Canada, and raised there and in the U.S., where she lives. |
