Half Life (novel)
First edition cover
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| Author | Shelley Jackson |
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| Cover artist | Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel, alternate history |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
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Publication date
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July 25, 2006 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 440 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | (first edition, hardcover) |
| OCLC | 63165002 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3560.A2448 H35 2006 |
Half Life is the 2006 debut novel of American writer and artist Shelley Jackson. The novel presupposes an alternate history in which the atomic bomb resulted in a genetic preponderance of conjoined twins, who eventually become a minority subculture.
The book tells the story of a disenchanted conjoined twin named Nora Olney who plots to have her twin murdered.
Half Life received mixed-to-positive reviews; Newsweek called it "brilliant and funny," and The New York Times, while praising Jackson's ambition as "truly glorious," added that "All this razzle-dazzle, all the allusions, [and] the narrative loop-de-loops [get] a bit busy." It won the 2006 James Tiptree, Jr. Award for science fiction and fantasy.
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