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Dietmar Dath 
The Abolition of Species 

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‚Few things are more satisfying in sci-fi with a literary bent than mingling high-brow cultural speculation with low-brow humor. […] Readers who favor the sensual detail and daring brilliance of Brian Aldiss, Samuel R. Delany, Carol Emshwiller, George R.R. Martin, and Frank Herbert will find much to enjoy in this dazzling translation of a writer little known in North America.‘
– William J. Grabowski, Library Journal



 The world as we know it is over. After a genocide waged upon humans, the reign of the animals has begun. 


The indifferently wise Cyrus Golden the Lion rules the three-city state that is now what remains of Europe. Yet, other forces stir while the king of beasts sleeps–the last struggling human resistance, the Atlanteans with their mysterious undersea plans; the factions of Badger, Fox and Lynx within the empire itself; and, in the jungles across the ocean, a ceramic form of postbiological life. Welcome to the setting of Dietmar Dath’s futuristic novel, The Abolition of Species, presenting an imaginative and highly original take on the decline and rebirth of civilization.
Cyrus the Lion sends the wolf Dmitri Stepanovich on a diplomatic mission, and in the course of his journey he discovers truths about natural history, war, and politics for which he was unprepared. The subsequent war that breaks out in The Abolition of Species will come to span three planets and thousands of years–encompassing treachery and massacres, music and mathematics, savagery and decadence, as well as the terraformation of Mars and Venus and the manipulation of time itself. By turns grandiose, horrific, erotic, scathing, and visionary, The Abolition of Species is a tale of love and war after the fall of man and an epic meditation on the theory of evolution unlike any other.
One of Germany’s most celebrated contemporary writers, Dath has distinguished himself through works that deftly combine popular culture–particularly music–with left-wing politics and the fantastic. The Abolition of Species embodies the best of what Dath is known for and will cement his reputation among English readers excited to discover one of the freshest voices in contemporary literature.

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first movement — CONTRA NATURAM (ALLEGRO MODERATO) second movement — LYNX, GUARD MY FIRE (SCHERZO) third movement — DIGONOS/DIGONOS (ADAGIO) fourth movement — MAKE IT NEW (FINALE)

Über den Autor

Dietmar Dath (b. 1970) is an author, translator, dramaturge, lyricist, and presently, the film critic for the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). In the past he was the chief editor of the rock magazine
Spex before becoming the feuilleton editor for
FAZ from 2001-2007. Dietmar Dath has written fifteen novels, as well as books and essays on scientific, aesthetic and political topics, including
Maschinenwinter (2008), the biography of Rosa Luxemburg (2010) and his prize-winning sci-fi novel
Pulsarnacht (2013). The German original of
The Abolition of Species won the Kurd Lasswitz Prize for Science Fiction in 2009, was staged at the Deutsches Theater Berlin in the same year, and was short-listed for the German Book Prize. One of Germany’s most celebrated contemporary writers, Dath has distinguished himself through works that deftly combine popular culture – particularly music – with left-wing politics and the fantastic.
The Abolition of Species embodies the best of what Dath is known for and will cement his reputation among English readers excited to discover one of the freshest voices in contemporary literature.
Samuel P. Willcocks was the 2010 winner of the German Ambassador’s Award for Literary Translation (London). He translates from Czech, German, Romanian and Slovene into English and lives in Giurgiu on the Danube with his family.
Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780998777016 ● Dateigröße 0.7 MB ● Übersetzer Samuel P. Willcocks ● Verlag DoppelHouse Press ● Erscheinungsjahr 2018 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 6200821 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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