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008    150803s2016    caub          000 1 eng d 
020    9781616962142 
020    1616962143 
035    (OCoLC)915503982 
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100 1  Tidhar, Lavie. 
245 10 Central Station /|cLavie Tidhar. 
250    First edition. 
260    San Francisco, CA :|bTachyon Pub.,|c2016. 
300    275 pages :|bmap ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million 
       people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in
       real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a 
       weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data 
       is cheaper. When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars,
       much has changed. Boris's ex-lover is raising a strangely 
       familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind 
       with the touch of a finger. His cousin is infatuated with 
       a robotnik--a damaged cyborg soldier who might as well be 
       begging for parts. His father is terminally-ill with a 
       multigenerational mind-plague. And a hunted data-vampire 
       has followed Boris to where she is forbidden to return. 
       Rising above them is Central Station, the interplanetary 
       hub between all things: the constantly shifting Tel Aviv; 
       a powerful virtual arena, and the space colonies where 
       humanity has gone to escape the ravages of poverty and 
       war. Everything is connected by the Others, powerful alien
       entities who, through the Conversation--a shifting, 
       flowing stream of consciousness--are just the beginning of
       irrevocable change. At Central Station, humans and 
       machines continue to adapt, thrive...and even evolve. 
650  0 Space stations|vFiction. 
650  0 Telepathy|vFiction. 
650  0 Interplanetary voyages|vFiction. 
651  0 Tel Aviv (Israel)|vFiction. 
655  7 Science fiction.|2lcgft 
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