Book description
Curtis MscKinnon is an intemperate, naïve fool. Sure of his
invulnerability as an American expatriate, he comes to Borneo to play at
being disreputable. His illusions and charm make him a dangerous man:
soon enough, he is in trouble and forced to hide in the jungles of Kalimantan.
He discovers a drug once used to the Punan Dayak, a lost race
remembered as 'the dream wanderers'. Seribu
aso
does not, however, alter the perceptions of only the user. It changes
the concrete reality of the land itself. MacKinnon has awoken the
spirits of Kalimantan, the guardians of an unspoilt land. And he has no
idea how powerful they are...
With its echoes of Altered States
and Heart of Darkness
, Kalimantan
has all the enthralling dark magic and superb story-telling that have
made Lucius Shepard one of the most acclaimed fantasists today.
Lucius Shepard (1947 - )
Lucius Taylor Shepard was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1947. He
travelled extensively in his youth, and has held a wide assortment of
occupations in the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin
America, including rock musician and night club bouncer. He attended the
Clarion Writers' Workshop in 1980 and made his first commercial sale a
year later. His work covers many areas of fantastic fiction and has
recently encompassed non-fiction, as well. For over a decade, he has
contributed a regular column on SF cinema for The Magazine of Fantasy
and Science Fiction. Lucius Shepard has won numerous prizes for his
work, including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon and
International Horror Guild awards. He lives in Vancouver, Washington.
