Air Or Have Not Have Author:Geoff Ryman Chung Mae is the only connection her small farming village has to culture of a wider world beyond the fields and simple houses of her village. A new communications technology is sweeping the world and promises to connect everyone, everywhere without power lines, computers, or machines. This technology is Air. An initial testing of Air goes disas... more »trously wrong and people are killed from the shock. Not to be stopped Air is arriving with or without the blessing of Mae's village. Mae is the only one who knows how to harness Air and ready her people for it's arrival, but will they listen before it's too late?« less
2006 Nebula Award Nominee with a very interesting premise and some quite engaging characters. I thought that the later parts of the book took some unusual turns, but overall a great read.