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River of Gods
First edition
AuthorIan McDonald
Cover artistDarren Wall
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
2004
Media typePrint (Hardback, Paperback)
Pages485 (Paperback 1st edition), 583 (Hardcover 1st edition)
ISBN0-7432-5670-0 (Paperback 1st edition), ISBN 0-7432-5669-7 (Hardcover 1st edition)
OCLC56503983
Dewey Decimal
823.914 22
LC ClassPR6063.C38 R58 2004

River of Gods is a 2004 science fiction novel by British writer Ian McDonald. It depicts a futuristic India in 2047, a century after its independence from Britain, characterized both by ancient traditions and advanced technologies such as artificial intelligences, robots and nanotechnology. The novel won the British Science Fiction Award in 2004[1] and was nominated for a Hugo. It was followed by a short story collection called Cyberabad Days in 2009.

  1. ^ "2004 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 July 2009.

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