Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel
Book cover, paperback edition Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel, by Vanna Bonta, 1996.
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| Author | Vanna Bonta |
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| Cover artist | Corey Wolfe |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | quantum fiction, magical realism, Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy, Conspiracy fiction, Adventure |
| Publisher | Meridian House |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) Audiobook |
| Pages | 397 |
| ISBN | |
| 813/.54 | |
| Preceded by | "Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry)" (1981) "Shades of the World. Dora Books" (1985) "Degrees" (1989) |
Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel is a novel by American writer Vanna Bonta.
First published in 1995, Flight is about Mendle J. Orion, a writer who notices that elements from the science fiction novel he is writing begin to manifest in the real world. Bonta claimed that she invented the term and the literary genre known as quantum fiction.
The novel takes place at the end of the 20th century and spans into the beginning of the 21st century. It utilizes an array of literary devices to highlight the illusory aspect of reality. The story is set primarily in Los Angeles, California, where Mendle Orion lives and works as a writer. Other cities are mentioned, such as San Diego, where Mendle attends the World Science Fiction Convention. The action ends on a farm in rural Kentucky.
A secondary plot takes place in other-world parallels to the main plot. This subplot presents as a novel-in-progress being written by the character Mendle Orion. The story's action is a multiverse.
A fictional universe called Z Zone (the "Sleep Zone") where individuals commit self-betrayal to escape being awake and functioning creatively is an allegory for the perils of mind control.
A lonely science fiction writer, Mendle J. Orion, is disillusioned in the dystopic world of current event headlines. One stormy night, his life is forever changed when he finds a mysterious young woman with intense blue eyes in his hotel bathroom at a science fiction convention. The soulful stranger has no memory of any past before the moment of their meeting.
It's love at first sight as the writer notices the young woman's resemblance to the heroine in his new novel. He euphorically introduces her to his friends as "Aira Flight," the name of the dimension-traveling super heroine of his latest novel.
His friends are shocked and question Mendle's weird conviction and already dubious sanity. They become suspicious of the strange young woman who behaves as though she has no past. Orion's former girlfriend, the impeccably gorgeous Sandra Wilford, is especially concerned. Fueled by the desire to get Mendle back and save him from himself, she starts to investigate the disheveled woman's identity.
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