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The Queendom of Sol
AuthorWil McCarthy
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDel Rey Books

The Queendom of Sol is a science fiction book series by American author Wil McCarthy. It includes The Collapsium (2000),[1] The Wellstone (2003),[2] Lost in Transmission (2004),[3] and To Crush the Moon (2005).[4] The first two novels of the series were also printed together as The Monarchs of Sol by Science Fiction Book Club (ISBN 0739433881).

The Queendom referred to is the present-day Kingdom of Tonga. In the Queendom of Sol, humanity has returned to monarchism as a stabilizing force in the face of accelerating technological change.

The Collapsium

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The Collapsium is a 2000 hard science fiction novel and the first in the series.[5][6][7] The first section of the novel is based on McCarthy's short story "Once Upon a Matter Crushed", which was a Sturgeon Award finalist.[8] A reviewer stated McCarthy used postmodern literary technique in consciously creating a protagonist who is a "throwback" to the scientist-heroes of Golden Age SF.[9]

The Wellstone

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The Wellstone is a 2003 novel, publishes as the second in the series.[10] In The Wellstone, McCarthy explores the lives of immortal humans known as immorbids in the future. Nanotechnology has created the wellstone, programmable matter that can emulate nearly any other form of matter,[11] and nanotech fax machines that can not only fabricate objects on demand, but store and retrieve human bodies (with minds intact), cure disease or reverse aging, or be used as teleporters. Ultradense exotic matter known as collapsium makes gravity manipulation and faster-than-light communication possible. Humanity has formed a solar system–wide society based on monarchy.

Many of the technologies in this novel are also described in McCarthy's 2003 nonfiction book, Hacking Matter.

To Crush the Moon

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To Crush the Moon, published in 2005,[12] is the last in the four-part series.

Awards

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Awards for The Queendom of Sol books
Year Work Award Result Ref.
2000 The Collapsium Theodore Sturgeon Award — Finalist [13]
2002 Nebula Award Novel Finalist [14][15]
2007 To Crush the Moon Nebula Award Novel Finalist [16][17]

Covers

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  • The Collapsium
    The Collapsium
  • The Wellstone
    The Wellstone
  • To Crush the Moon
    To Crush the Moon

References

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  1. ^ "The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy". Publishers Weekly. July 31, 2000. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "The Wellstone". Booklist. March 15, 2003. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "Lost in Transmission". Booklist. March 15, 2004. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "To Crush the Moon". Booklist. May 15, 2005. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy". Publishers Weekly. July 31, 2000. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "The Collapsium". Kirkus Reviews. July 1, 2000. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "The Collapsium". Booklist. August 2000. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  8. ^ "Sturgeon Award nominees". Locus. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  9. ^ Gerald Jonas (September 3, 2000). "Reviewed This Week—The Collapsium (and others)". Books. The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2012. Its hero, Bruno de Towaji, is smart and sexy—a brooding supergenius who combines the most estimable qualities of Albert Einstein, Sherlock Holmes and Marlon Brando. Of course, he is a postmodern construct—a conscious throwback to the scientist-heroes of early 20th-century science fiction, who defeated evil and won the girl with weapons they whipped up in the laboratory on a moment's notice.
  10. ^ "The Wellstone". Booklist. March 15, 2003. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  11. ^ Cass, S. (June 2003). "The wellstone [Book Review]". Page Turners. IEEE Spectrum. Vol. 40, no. 6. IEEE. p. 40. doi:10.1109/MSPEC.2003.1203083.
  12. ^ "To Crush the Moon". Booklist. May 15, 2005. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  13. ^ "Sturgeon Award nominees". Locus. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  14. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2002 Nebula Awards". Locus. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  15. ^ "Nebula Awards 2002". SFADB. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  16. ^ "Nebula Awards 2007". SFADB. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  17. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Nebula Awards". Locus. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
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