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Autor William Gibsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 ian 2021
'Dazzling, astoundingly inventive'The Times
'Wild, richly satisfying'Guardian
'Terrific'Spectator
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San Francisco, 2017. Clinton's in the White House, Brexit never happened - and Verity Jane's got herself a new job.
They call Verity 'the app-whisperer,' and she's just been hired by a shadowy start-up to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called Eunice. Only Eunice has other ideas.
Pretty soon, Verity knows that Eunice is smarter than anyone she's ever met, conceals some serious capabilities and is profoundly paranoid-which is just as well since suddenly some bad people are after Verity.
Meanwhile, in a post-apocalyptic London a century from now, PR fixer Wilf Netherton is tasked by all-seeing policewoman Ainsley Lowbeer with interfering in the alternative past in which Verity and Eunice exist. It appears something nasty is about to happen there - and fixing it will require not only Eunice's unique human-AI skillset but also a little help from the future.
A future which Verity soon fears may never be . . .
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'One of the most influential writers around...with Gibson's trademark panache, the story rattles along with great pace and suspense'Sunday Times
'One of our greatest science-fiction writers'New York Times
'A sensual, remarkably visual ride, vigorous with displays of conceptual imagination and humour'The Guardian
'Among our most fascinating novelists'Daily Telegraph
'Gibson is a prophet and a satirist, a black comedian and an astounding architect of cool'Spectator
'One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working'Boston Globe
'His eye for the eerie in the everyday still lends events an otherworldly sheen'New Yorker
'Engaging, thought-provoking and delightful... [Gibson] can always be counted on to show us our contemporary milieu rendered magical by his unique insights, and a future rendered inhabitable by his wild yet disciplined imagination'The Washington Post
'Gibson blurs the line between real and speculative technology in a fast-paced thriller that will affirm to readers that it was well worth the wait'Booklist
'Typically visionary, yet plausible and thrilling too'I Paper
'If you're one of those who sees Gibson as a visionary, it's time to be scared - the scenarios he's playing with here don't make for comfort reading'SFX magazine
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241974575
ISBN-10: 0241974577
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241974577
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
William
Gibsonis
credited
with
having
coined
the
term
"cyberspace"
and
having
envisioned
both
the
Internet
and
virtual
reality
before
either
existed.
His
first
novelNeuromancersold
more
than
six
million
copies
worldwide,
andCount
ZeroandMona
Lisa
Overdrivecompleted
the
trilogy.
He
has
written
six
further
novels
about
the
strange
contemporary
world
we
inhabit.
His
most
recent
novels
includeSpook
Country,Zero
HistoryandThe
Peripheral.His
non-fiction
collection,Distrust
That
Particular
Flavour,
compiles
assorted
writings
and
journalism
from
across
his
career.
Recenzii
A
sensual,
remarkably
visual
ride,
vigorous
with
displays
of
conceptual
imagination
and
humour
One of the most influential writers around . . . with Gibson's trademark panache, the story rattles along with great pace and suspense
One of our greatest science-fiction writers
Among our most fascinating novelists
His eye for the eerie in the everyday still lends events an otherworldly sheen
One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working
Gibson is a prophet and a satirist, a black comedian and an astounding architect of cool
Engaging, thought-provoking and delightful... [Gibson] can always be counted on to show us our contemporary milieu rendered magical by his unique insights, and a future rendered inhabitable by his wild yet disciplined imagination
Gibson blurs the line between real and speculative technology in a fast-paced thriller that will affirm to readers that it was well worth the wait
Typically visionary, yet plausible and thrilling too
If you're one of those who sees Gibson as a visionary, it's time to be scared - the scenarios he's playing with here don't make for comfort reading
One of the most influential writers around . . . with Gibson's trademark panache, the story rattles along with great pace and suspense
One of our greatest science-fiction writers
Among our most fascinating novelists
His eye for the eerie in the everyday still lends events an otherworldly sheen
One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working
Gibson is a prophet and a satirist, a black comedian and an astounding architect of cool
Engaging, thought-provoking and delightful... [Gibson] can always be counted on to show us our contemporary milieu rendered magical by his unique insights, and a future rendered inhabitable by his wild yet disciplined imagination
Gibson blurs the line between real and speculative technology in a fast-paced thriller that will affirm to readers that it was well worth the wait
Typically visionary, yet plausible and thrilling too
If you're one of those who sees Gibson as a visionary, it's time to be scared - the scenarios he's playing with here don't make for comfort reading