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Eclipse Penumbra: A Song Called Youth Trilogy Book Two Paperback – Unabridged, April 18, 2018

by John Shirley (Author)
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"Vivid, dense, powerful imagery … hard to put down!" — Washington Post
"A complex, bizarre, and unique vision of the near future with a kaleidoscopic mix of politics, pop, and paranoia." — Bruce Sterling
"John Shirley was cyberpunk's patient zero, first locus of the virus, certifiably virulent. A carrier." — William Gibson
With Eclipse Penumbra, the second volume in John Shirley's cyberpunk trilogy, "A Song Called Youth" returns to the World War III era, in which a nuclear strike has decimated Europe. The survivors are dominated by the Christian Fascist Second Alliance, a fundamentalist international security organization attempting to impose apartheid across Europe. Their master plan for a new world order, Project Total Eclipse, involves seizing control of FirStep, an orbiting space colony with the potential to extend their domination throughout the world. All that stands in their way are the rebels of the New Resistance, a gang of technologically adept guerilla fighters with a passion for sex and drugs and rock and roll. 
The Eclipse Trilogy has proved prescient in its anticipation of 21st century issues, from drone surveillance to the rise of neo-Soviet Russia and the spread of radical right-wing movements. Back in print in the definitive edition, this volume offers a chilling and mesmerizing tale of the battle between a government dominated by military and corporate overlords and a spirited band of freedom fighters.
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    Dover Publications
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    April 18, 2018
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    048681792X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0486817927
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John Shirley is primarily a writer of fantasy and science fiction as well as song lyrics. He has written novels, short stories, television scripts, and screenplays, publishing more than 40 books. Shirley has fronted his own bands, and his songs have been performed by other groups, including Blue Öyster Cult.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; Unabridged, Reprint edition (April 18, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 048681792X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486817927
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
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    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

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A. Longano
5.0 out of 5 stars dont worry-the end of world will have commercials :)
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2006
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My review for Episode I of eclipse stills stands for this 2nd part of the series. Shirley raises the bar here for sci-fi/cyber literature. More action, more characters, and more insanity-in a good way. Not only can Shirley write a good action piece he also gives you just enough about the many characters to care about them, or depise them :) If you want a story that has shoot em up action, cyber-tech action, even sex,drugs,and rock and roll than look no further. Shirely may suprise but he does not dissapoint!
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Luciferal
5.0 out of 5 stars The Second Book in a Visionary Trilogy: Now a Classic in the Field
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2018
This is an excellent followup novel, the second of a trilogy (The "A Song Called Youth" trilogy). These three books (Eclipse, Eclipse Penumbra, and Eclipse Corona: originally published as mass market paperbacks during the latter half of the 80s) introduced me to John Shirley, one of our most exciting writers.

Going back to the first book in this trilogy (known as the A SONG CALLED YOUTH trilogy) "Eclipse," I began reading in earnest and found, to my absorbed delight, that this was a writer who engaged readers on a visceral and immediate level. John Shirley's descriptiveness is extremely realistic, as he somehow finds the music in the lyrical passages and carries the reader along on a convincing trip they are likely to never forget.

All three books in this trilogy flow seamlessly together to form one long, single narrative (as any trilogy worth its salt should). It all amounts to a sprawling, epic tale involving many characters readers will grow to love and loathe as they struggle along their various arcs of triumph and tragedy. The fact it was written back in the early 80s and describes an all-too convincing future dystopia where oligarchs conspire in their governments against the ordinary masses of people struggling to just get by makes this a remarkable and important work of startling prescience. Even more importantly, (*a very mild spoiler, just a synopsis really, to follow*): it tells the story both on and off Earth, across several continents, here in the US and abroad (as well as on a space station in orbit) where the tyrannical toll of fascism has begun to reduce many formerly glorious cities across Europe to war-ravaged rubble, until a resistance rises in the form of a motley group of disenfranchised rebels, working together to stop the war machine from spreading. Which is to say these books are action-packed and gripping reads, with plenty of characters to relate to and come to both love and abhor.

I highly recommend reading all three of these books--beginning with the first volume, Eclipse--because they are that rare breed in popular literature, granting readers the opportunity to both escape from (in an exciting and thought-provoking manner) and confront our modern day reality. I found the quite balanced depictions of both good and evil in these novels to be very realistic in describing true to life characters exhibiting traits taken from both history and our present day. As a cautionary tale of how the slippery slope can be crossed from good intentions to a disastrous reality, these books stand out just as starkly today as they did thirty years ago.

Look no further than the fact Dover Publications have reissued all three books individually once again as a sheer testament to their worthiness. These books have survived the test of time. If anything, they have acquired even more urgency today and now remain more topical and cutting-edge than ever before. Run to your nearest bookstore or place your order online for this vibrant, incisive novel immediately--along with the other two--and do not hesitate, just get them. When you're halfway through 'em and see exactly what I mean, chances are you'll want to get some for friends as gifts.

John Shirley remains a cutting edge figure in American literature today, having already won the Bram Stoker award for his excellent collection of short stories in 1998, Black Butterflies (it also won the International Horror Guild Award for Outstanding Collection). He's also penned a wild variety of screenplays, comic-book, video-game, and movie novelization tie-ins (Batman, Aliens, The Predator, Hellraiser, Constantine, Halo, Bioshock, Borderlands, Resident Evil, Doom, Grimm, etc., all of which run from "very good" to "excellent"), and a whole slew of original novels worth digging back through to track down and read. See, the thing is, John Shirley has always been known as "the writer's writer," that is, he's like this little known secret that somehow has yet to escape from his Pandora's Box, and maybe that's because if he did--the world is simply unprepared for the shock of revelations his writing brings.

"A complex, bizarre, and unique vision of the near future, with a kaleidoscopic mix of politics, pop, and paranoia." --Bruce Sterling on the Eclipse books, i.e, A SONG CALLED YOUTH

"John Shirley is an adventurer, returning from dark and troubled regions with visionary tales to tell. Wetbones is a wild and giddy ride, confronting the reader with marvels and horror in equal measure."— Clive Barker

Read ECLIPSE PENUMBRA after ECLIPSE, and finish with ECLIPSE CORONA as soon as you can, before it's too late.
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Dan S. Tong
5.0 out of 5 stars Book Two of the Masterful Eclipse Series
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2018
A great masterpiece that has not gotten the popularity and appreciation that it deserves.
You must read this trilogy in sequential order.

It's the kind of page turner that you will not be able to put down.
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Zeb
5.0 out of 5 stars As expected
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2019
Item and shipping as described, great book!
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Dag Magnus Nielsen
5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2013
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I don't read much pure fictional prose, but got this book recomended from a debate forum at ZeroHedge.com reading a thread concerning the US' increasing tendency towards a surveilance society. The book takes you to a high tech, but recognisable society, in a post-war, but still conflict ridden society.

Most memorable passage (among many!) incudes the Arch of Triumpf and a washed up rock & roller...
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Heiko Henning
5.0 out of 5 stars John Shirley Orgie über eine Zukunft die nicht sein wird
Reviewed in Germany on May 4, 2004
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Dies ist nur ein Buch. Dies ist nur ein Buch.
Nichts davon ist irgendwie REAL. Alles ist nur ein lustiges Buch, voller Rock, Blood, Guts und SEX. FSK 18 unter den Büchern.
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