Biting the Sun by Tanith Lee is a novel set in a distant future where all needs are instantly satisfied, leading to a world of luxury and pleasure devoid of purpose. The main character, a young female narrator, embarks on a journey outside the city's protective dome, which unravels her perception of life and society. The novel explores themes of rebellion, self-discovery, and the hollowness of a seemingly perfect existence in a dystopian world.
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Content warnings include themes of suicide, existential despair, and discussions of gender identity.
Has Romance?
Romantic elements are present in the narrative but are not the central focus of the story.
From The Publisher:
In a world dedicated to pleasure, one young rebel sets out on a forbidden quest. Published for the first time in a single volume, Tanith Lee's duet of novels set in a hedonistic Utopia are as riveting and revolutionary as they were when they first appeared two decades ago.
It's a perfect existence, a world in which no pleasure is off-limits, no risk is too dangerous, and no responsibilities can cramp your style. Not if you're Jang: a caste of libertine teenagers in the city of Four BEE. But when you're expected to make trouble-when you can kill yourself on a whim and return in another body, when you're encouraged to change genders at will and experience whatever you desire-you've got no reason to rebel . . . until making love and raising hell, daring death and running wild just leave you cold and empty.
Ravenous for true adventures of the mind and body, desperate to find some meaning, one restless spirit finally bucks the system-and by shattering the rules, strikes at the very heart of a soulless society. . . .
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About the Author:
Tanith Lee (1947-2015) was a legend in science fiction and fantasy writing. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Awards, a British Fantasy Society Derleth Award, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror.
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