Escape Plans by Gwyneth Jones
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We’ve seen a first documented Use of Andromeda last month, in all caps, for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s recording of The Planets. Here’s another example of Aldo Novarese’s spurless sans in use, this time in mixed case – including its Peignot-like glyphs for e and h – and featuring both of its weights.
Escape Plans is a feminist cyberpunk novel by English author Gwyneth Jones. Published by Allen & Unwin in 1986, it was nominated for an Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Subs are fed and housed in space-saving underground accommodation – under the stern, loving care of the great machine systems, like VENTUR – designed to protect the surface of their planet. Some, however, are ungrateful, and refuse to know their place...
As a retired games creator, ALIC can’t resist when Millie invites her to play a game that is wholly unique. A game from which she struggles to escape, and her life becomes entwined with the people around her as they strive for revolution.
No designer is credited. The illustration of a woman with a brain made of electric circuits is by Lionel Jeans. Orion’s paperback edition uses the same cover design.
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Detail from the title page
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