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XX

by Rian Hughes
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A "massive work of dizzying originality" (Boston Globe), XX is an inventive and boldly designed science-fiction epic by acclaimed graphic designer Rian Hughesânow in paperback
The battle for your mind has already begun. 
At Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, a radio telescope has detected a mysterious signal of extraterrestrial originâa message that may be the first communication from an interstellar civilization. Has Humanity made first contact? Is the signal itself a form of alien life? Could it be a threat? If so, how will the people of Earth respond?
Jack Fenwick, artificial intelligence expert, believes that he and his associates at tech start-up Intelligencia can interpret the message and find a way to step into the realm the signal encodes. What they find is a complex alien network beyond anything mankind has imagined. 
Drawing on Dada, punk, and the modernist movements of the 20th century, XX is assembled from redacted NASA reports, artwork, magazine articles, secret transcripts, and a novel within a novel. Deconstructing layout and language in order to explore how ideas propagate, acclaimed designer and artist Rian Hughes's debut novel presents a compelling vision of humanity's unique place in the universe, and a realistic depiction of what might happen in the wake of the biggest scientific discovery in human history. 
Propulsive and boldly designed, XX is a gripping, wildly imaginative, utterly original work.

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    November 10, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9781647001193

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      • ISBN: 9781647001193
      • File size: 21617 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      November 6, 2020

      DEBUT This book has, at its heart, a simple premise: scientists on Earth have detected the first extraterrestrial signal. Through a mixture of traditional narrative and mixed media imagery, comic book artist Hughes tells the story of Jack Fenwick and other humans attempting to decode the extraterrestrial message. Even though the overall story is fairly straight-forward, there are many shifts in settings and multiple subplots (including an entire novellette) to keep track of over the course of the novel. VERDICT This novel combines hard science fiction elements and Hughes' background as a graphic novelist to create a vivid, expansive reading experience. That said, this book will not appeal to most casual readers and will probably be of interest only to adult readers who are excited by hybrid novels that blend traditional storytelling formats with elements of graphic novels and hard science fiction enthusiasts. There are many technical and theoretical scientific principles to contend with, and the sometimes-disruptive nature of the mixed media elements can make it difficult to follow the story over its nearly 1000 pages. --Lydia Fletcher, Univ. of Texas at Austin

      Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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