D.G. Compton SF Gateway Omnibus
Synthajoy, The Steel Crocodile, Ascendancies
D G Compton
- D.G.
- Compton
- is
- best
- known
- for
- his
- prescient
- 1974
- novel,
- THE
- CONTINUOUS
- KATHERINE
- MORTENHOE,
- which
- predicted
- the
- 21st
- century's
- obsessions
- with
- media
- voyeurism
- and
- 'reality
- television'.
- It
- was
- filmed
- as
- DEATH
- WATCH
- in
- 1980
- by
- Bertrand
- Tavernier.
- This
- omnibus
- collects
- three
- of
- his
- incisive
- SF
- novels,
- ASCENDANCIES,
- SYNTHAJOY
- and
- THE
- STEEL
- CROCODILE.ASCENDANCIES:
- Into
- a
- future
- where
- a
- depleted
- fuel
- supply
- had
- the
- world
- spiralling
- down
- into
- grinding
- poverty
- and
- constant
- war
- came
- ...
- Moondrift.
- Mysterious
- white
- flakes
- of
- alien
- matter
- that
- was
- the
- perfect
- fuel
- -
- clean,
- powerful,
- dependable.
- But
- the
- aliens
- -
- or
- whatever
- they
- were
- -
- who
- sent
- Moondrift
- seemed
- to
- demand
- a
- heavy
- ransom
- in
- return...SYNTHAJOY:
- Would
- you
- like
- to
- experience
- first-hand
- the
- emotions
- of
- a
- great
- artist,
- the
- sublime
- peace
- of
- a
- saint,
- the
- happiness
- of
- a
- child
- at
- Christmas?
- Try
- Sensitape.
- Or
- perhaps
- you
- had
- something
- more
- passionate
- in
- mind.
- Don't
- be
- shy.
- Ask
- for
- Sexitape.
- And
- for
- the
- true
- connoisseur,
- we
- have
- the
- ultimate
- human
- experience:
- a
- distinguished
- blend
- of
- synthetic
- ecstasies.
- The
- world
- is
- not
- ready
- for
- it,
- but
- perhaps
- you
- are.
- We
- call
- it
- Synthajoy.THE
- STEEL
- CROCODILE:
- In
- answer
- to
- an
- unanswerable
- future,
- science
- has
- created
- Bohn,
- the
- omnipotent
- computer
- whose
- flashing
- circuits
- and
- messianic
- pronouncements
- dictate
- what
- tomorrow
- will
- -
- or
- will
- not
- -
- be.
- But
- Matthew
- Oliver
- is
- flesh
- and
- blood
- and
- full
- of
- questions
- -
- not
- nearly
- as
- certain
- as
- the
- machine
- he's
- appointed
- to
- serve.
- And
- the
- right
- hand
- of
- science
- seldom
- knows
- what
- the
- left
- hand
- is doing...
