The Pollutant Speaks
THE POLLUTANT SPEAKS out now!
by Alex Cochran
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Summary
Evans is in trouble.
Once a star of punk discontent, a few wrong turns and a stint in a mental institution find him on the streets and desperate for work.
Then there's the savage underground movement that uses Evan's masterpiece, The Pollutant Speaks, as a bible. They despise him for denouncing them and hate the alien superculture that's set impossible goals to qualify for contact.
Find a job or be beaten to death in the ghetto of an overcrowded planet: those are his choices. His only escape is to venture further into the cosmos than he ever dreamed.
Do his inner demons hold the secret to peace with our stellar neighbours? Or will a fanatical leader and his cult return humanity to the dark ages?
Reviews
"The best thing I've read this year. [...] Like Vonnegut and Whitman took a bath in cyberpunk."
"A studied, intricate look at a futuristic age of alien contact."
"Cochran deftly portrays the power of human minds to learn, teach, and stand up to the worst of our species. Evans's journey of self-realization and redemption, featuring fascinating and sometimes head-spinning development of Para language and future technology. This will delight lovers of thoughtful, ambitious science fiction." BookLife - Editor's Choice
"Telling this surprising story with brisk efficiency despite rich concepts, a sense of poetry, and welcome literary ambition, Cochran deftly portrays the power of human minds to learn, teach, and stand up to the worst of our species. Evans's journey of self-realization and redemption, featuring fascinating and sometimes head-spinning development of Para language and future technology. This will delight lovers of thoughtful, ambitious science fiction."
"Patient readers will be rewarded with an imaginative story that doesn't fail to surprise."
"The Pollutant Speaks crackles with ideas and invention. Cochran has made one hell of an entrance here, and I eagerly await his next novel."
"At once playful and serious, inventive SF that examines language, authorial responsibly, and a lot of current global concerns, as well as tapping into the rich tradition of SF writing and imagery."
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Learn a little about the origins of the novel and why it was written here: How The Pollutant Spoke