Title: The Actual Star
Title Record # 2897796
Author: Monica Byrne
Date: 2021-09-14
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: monicabyrne.org
Language: English
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Author: Monica Byrne
Date: 2021-09-14
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: monicabyrne.org
Language: English
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Synopsis: [Publisher:] The Actual Star takes readers on a journey over two millennia and six continents–telling three powerful tales a thousand years apart, all of them converging in the same cave in the Belizean jungle.
Braided together are the stories of a pair of teenage twins who ascend the throne of a Maya kingdom; a young American woman on a trip of self-discovery in Belize; and two dangerous charismatics vying for the leadership of a new religion and racing toward a confrontation that will determine the fate of the few humans left on Earth after massive climate change.
In each era, a reincarnated trinity of souls navigates the entanglements of tradition and progress, sister and stranger, and love and hate–until all of their age-old questions about the nature of existence converge deep underground, where only in complete darkness can they truly see.
The Actual Star is a feast of ideas about where humanity came from, where we are now, and where we're going–and how, in every age, the same forces that drive us apart also bind us together.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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Nomination | 2021 Tiptree / Otherwise | Gender-bending SF |
Win | 2022 Wellman | Wellman Award |
18 | 2022 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Actual Star | 2021-09-14 | Monica Byrne | Harper Voyager | 978-0-06-300289-0 | $27.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xi+ 576 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Damonza | |
The Actual Star | 2021-09-14 | Monica Byrne | HarperLuxe | 978-0-06-311788-4 | $29.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
864 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
The Actual Star | 2021-09-14 | Monica Byrne | Harper Voyager | 978-0-06-300291-3 | $14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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The Actual Star | 2021-09-14 | Monica Byrne | HarperAudio | 978-0-06-300292-0 | $49.05?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
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The Actual Star | 2021-09-14 | Monica Byrne | HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing | 979-8-200-74130-4 | $55.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
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The Actual Star | 2021-09-14 | Monica Byrne | HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing | 979-8-200-74129-8 | $55.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
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The Actual Star | 2021-09-14 | Monica Byrne | HarperCollins | 979-8-200-74128-1 | $99.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
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The Actual Star | 2022-09-29 | Monica Byrne | Harper Voyager | 978-0-06-300290-6 | $18.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
624 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by Chris Kluwe (2021) in Lightspeed, September 2021
- Review by Kelly Jennings (2022) in Asimov's Science Fiction, November-December 2022