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Alternate History

Radiance

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  • 2001 first published
  • 432 pages
  • ★ 3.5 (4 ratings)
  • 7 editions
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Radiance is a 2001 alternate history novel by Catherynne M. Valente and Heath Miller. Much of the action takes place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.. Key subjects include independent filmmakers, life on other planets, documentary films and interplanetary voyages.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 24 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions.

At about 432 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About Radiance

Severin Unck's father is a famous director of Gothic romances in an alternate 1986 in which talking movies are still a daring innovation due to the patent-hoarding Edison family. Rebelling against her father's films of passion, intrigue, and spirits from beyond, Severin starts making documentaries, traveling through space and investigating the levitator cults of Neptune and the lawless saloons of Mars. For this is not our solar system, but one drawn from classic science fiction in which all the planets are inhabited and we travel through space on beautiful rockets. Severin is a realist in a fantastic universe. But her latest film, which investigates the disappearance of a diving colony on a watery Venus populated by island-sized alien creatures, will be her last. Though her crew limps home to earth and her story is preserved by the colony's last survivor, Severin will never return.
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  • Independent filmmakers
  • Women motion picture producers and directors
  • Life on other planets
  • Documentary films
  • Interplanetary voyages
  • Science fiction
  • Alternative history
  • Alternative histories, Fiction

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Who wrote Radiance?

Radiance was written by Catherynne M. Valente and Heath Miller and first published in 2001.

What genre is Radiance?

It is usually shelved as Alternate History.

How long is Radiance?

The median edition has 432 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Radiance?

Readers who like it often enjoy Tilting the Balance (Worldwar Series, Volume 2), Settling Accounts and Life After Life.

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