The story of the beautiful Amanda - an astronaut and subparticle physicist who, with her magical cat Schrodinger, finds herself on a trajectory that leads to a confrontation with the ultimate seductress - the Eleven Million Mile High Dancer, as she seeks a message of love to save the world.
A disenfranchised white mans maniacal obsession with becoming a Master of the Universe in New York City in the 1960s. What one is not prepared for is the power and vast scope of this first following Jeremiah Francis Scanlon (fat, balding, and 39) throughout New York City, Carol Hill has gotten down the madness of our times racism, obsessions with money, sex and power, loss of contact with the past and given us a vision of the future that is at once a desperate comedy and a harrowing rehearsal of the apocalypse.Robert Gross, Newsweek You should buy Carol Hills extraordinary book... simply as a novel of character, Jeremiah 8:20 works superbly... if you cant identify with Jeremiah Francis Scanlon you probably cant identify with yourself. This remarkable novel moves from the particular to the prophetic, from man to myth.John Leonard, New York Times
The narrative features Amanda Jaworski, a brilliant physicist training for a historic journey to Mars. Accompanied by her magical cat, Schrodinger, she embarks on an extraordinary space adventure. As she navigates the cosmos, Amanda confronts a formidable foe in The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer, a seductive entity from forty million light years away. This cult classic weaves together themes of physics, feminism, and political farce, creating a unique and humorous exploration of life, survival, and intergalactic challenges.
Mysteriöse Frauenmorde erschüttern Wien um die Jahrhundertwende. Illustre Persönlichkeiten von S. Freud und C.G. Jung bis zu dem amerikanischen Romancier H. James scheinen in den Fall verwickelt zu sein.
Amanda, Amerikas superattraktive, hochintelligente und sehr sympathische Top-Austronautin, ist eine außergewöhnliche Frau - doch eine absolute Realistin mit naturwisschenschaftlich geschultem klaren Verstand. Bis um sie herum unerklärliche Begebenheiten und Erscheinungen passieren, die zwar alle durch die Quantenphysik zu erklären, aber für einen Menschen nicht zu begreifen sind und die Amanda schließlich zu einer abenteuerlichen Odyssee durch die Galaxis zwingen, wo sie - ganz nebenbei - auch die Erklärung für Umweltzerstörungen und Rüstungswahn auf der Erde findet