The Resource Lexicon, Max Barry
Lexicon, Max Barry
Resource Information
The item Lexicon, Max Barry represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Lexicon, Max Barry represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- Emily Ruff belongs to a secretive, influential organization whose "poets" can break down individuals by psychographic markers in order to take control of their thoughts. Then she makes a catastrophic mistake and falls in love with Wil Jamieson who holds the key to a secret war between rival factions of "poets." In order to survive, Wil must journey to the toxically decimated town of Broken Hill, Australia, as the world crashes toward a Tower of Babel event which would leave all language meaningless
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 390 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143125426
- Label
- Lexicon
- Title
- Lexicon
- Statement of responsibility
- Max Barry
- Subject
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- Romantic suspense fiction
- Persuasion (Psychology) -- Fiction
- truePower (Social sciences)
- Romantic suspense fiction
- Romantic suspense fiction
- Romantic suspense fiction
- trueSecret societies
- Secret societies
- Secret societies -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueWizards
- trueConspiracies
- Fiction
- trueLinguists
- Linguists
- Linguists -- Fiction
- trueMind control
- truePersuasion (Psychology)
- Persuasion (Psychology)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Emily Ruff belongs to a secretive, influential organization whose "poets" can break down individuals by psychographic markers in order to take control of their thoughts. Then she makes a catastrophic mistake and falls in love with Wil Jamieson who holds the key to a secret war between rival factions of "poets." In order to survive, Wil must journey to the toxically decimated town of Broken Hill, Australia, as the world crashes toward a Tower of Babel event which would leave all language meaningless
- Award
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- Alex Award, 2014.
- Aurealis Awards, Best Science Fiction Novel, 2013.
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2013.
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2013
- Awards note
- Alex Award (2014)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10181700
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barry, Max
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3552.A7424
- LC item number
- L49 2013
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Persuasion (Psychology)
- Secret societies
- Linguists
- Linguists
- Persuasion (Psychology)
- Secret societies
- Label
- Lexicon, Max Barry
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn861208367
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 390 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143125426
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861208367
- Label
- Lexicon, Max Barry
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn861208367
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 390 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143125426
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861208367
Subject
- Romantic suspense fiction
- Persuasion (Psychology) -- Fiction
- truePower (Social sciences)
- Romantic suspense fiction
- Romantic suspense fiction
- Romantic suspense fiction
- trueSecret societies
- Secret societies
- Secret societies -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueWizards
- trueConspiracies
- Fiction
- trueLinguists
- Linguists
- Linguists -- Fiction
- trueMind control
- truePersuasion (Psychology)
- Persuasion (Psychology)
Genre
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Fiction for Young Adults: 2013
- trueAurealis Awards (Australia) : Best Science Fiction Novel
- trueAlex Award: 2014
- trueQuarantine Reads: Fast-paced Thrillers
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens: 2013
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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