Vishnu at the Cat Circus

Hugo-nominated Novella Vishnu at the Cat Circus is a novella set in the same world as Ian McDonald's 2004 novel River of Gods. It depicts a futuristic India in 2047, a century after its independence from Britain, characterized both by ancient traditions and advanced technologies such as artificial intelligences, robots and nanotechnology. The genetically-improved Vishnu looks back on his life, in a story of a sibling rivalry with some very unexpected results.