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The Jonah Kit is a 1975 science fiction novel by English writer Ian Watson. In 1977, The Jonah Kit won the BSFA Award for Best Novel. [1]
- Ian Watson
- 1975
Jan 1, 1975 · The scriptwriter of Steven Spielberg's AI spins another subtle, daring, and brilliant tale about a very special child. When a young Russian boy disappears from a top-secret research establishment, and turns up in Tokyo, he presents a major problem for American security officials.
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Sep 29, 2011 · British SF writer Ian Watson, author of the screen story for AI, crafts an intricate and elegantly written tale of a boy and some whales or, more accurately, a tale of defection, thought replacement and the death of the universe in The Jonah Kit.
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- Ian Watson
The Jonah Kit by Ian Watson - The 10790th greatest book of all time. This novel explores the intriguing concept of consciousness transfer, focusing on a project that successfully transmits the mind of a dying boy into a whale, creating a unique hybrid consciousness.
Feb 1, 1978 · Civilization is disintegrating quickly because humanity has chosen to believe in the unreality of everything as proven by science. In an attempt to bring back some sanity the whales are sent - via Jonah - the news that nothing exists.
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- Ian Watson
"The most interesting British SF writer of ideas."--J.G. Ballard "Complex and brilliant."--Christopher Priest "Dizzying concepts--not just startling, but convincing and satisfying."--The Times The scriptwriter of Steven Spielberg's AI spins another subtle, daring, and brilliant tale about a very special child.
When a young Russian boy disappears from a top-secret Soviet research establishment and turns up in Tokyo, he presents a major problem for the American security officials.
