Golden State
Autor Ben Winters Kiff VandenHeuvelen Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 4 feb 2019
In
a
strange
alternate
society
that
values
law
and
truth
above
all
else,
Laszlo
Ratesic
is
a
nineteen-year
veteran
of
the
Speculative
Service.
He
lives
in
the
Golden
State,
a
nation
standing
where
California
once
did,
a
place
where
like-minded
Americans
retreated
after
the
erosion
of
truth
and
the
spread
of
lies
made
public
life
and
governance
impossible.
In
the
Golden
State,
knowingly
contradicting
the
truth
is
the
greatest
crime--and
stopping
those
crimes
is
Laz's
job.
In
its
service,
he
is
one
of
the
few
individuals
permitted
to
harbor
untruths,
to
"speculate"
on
what
might
have
happened.
But
the
Golden
State
is
less
a
paradise
than
its
name
might
suggest.
To
monitor,
verify,
and
enforce
the
truth
requires
a
veritable
panopticon
of
surveillance
and
recording.
And
when
those
in
control
of
the
facts
twist
them
for
nefarious
means,
the
Speculators
are
the
only
ones
with
the
power
to
fight
back.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781478917748
ISBN-10: 1478917741
Dimensiuni: 133 x 146 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: HACHETTE AUDIO
Colecția Little, Brown & Company
ISBN-10: 1478917741
Dimensiuni: 133 x 146 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: HACHETTE AUDIO
Colecția Little, Brown & Company
Notă biografică
Ben
H.
Wintersis
theNew
York
Timesbestselling
author
ofUnderground
Airlinesand
the
Last
Policeman
trilogy.
The
second
novel
in
the
trilogy,Countdown
City,
was
an
NPR
Best
Book
of
2013
and
the
winner
of
the
Philip
K.
Dick
award.The
Last
Policemanwas
the
recipient
of
the
2012
Edgar
Award,
and
was
also
named
one
of
the
Best
Books
of
2012
by
Amazon.com
andSlate.
Ben
lives
with
his
family
in
Los
Angeles,
CA.
Recenzii
"At
a
time
in
the
real
world
when
everybody
seems
toown
their
version
of
the
truth
and
phrases
like
"alternative
facts"
are
used
tocover
falsehoods,Golden
Stateis,
no
lie,
a
fascinating
examination
thattakes
fidelity
and
correctness
down
a
freaky
Orwellian
path."—USA
Today
"Winters has a knackfor creating appealing detective fictions that skew reality inthought-provoking ways, producing a hybrid of the familiar and the uncanny. . .. As you read, you feel your perception of the world slipping and warping. Winters brilliantly imagines the quotidianmanifestations of a truth-obsessed culture."—Washington Post
"Once again, Ben H. Winters creates a world cleverly skewed a few crucial degrees from our own. . . . Winters is well aware of the tropes of dystopian noir, and it is fun to watch him mix and match them to good effect. . . . The detective plot works well, but it is in its questioning of the nature of truth and falsehood that the novel excels. . . . Smart, intricate and propulsive,Golden Stateis proof that Winters deserves our continued attention as one of crime fiction's most inventive practitioners."—San Francisco Chronicle
"Mr. Winters has wonmajor awards in both the mystery and speculative-fiction genres. Thebrain-teasingGolden Stateexists in a space where those two forms coexist.As a consequence, a sympathetic reader's imaginings may persist long after thebook's puzzles have been solved."—Wall Street Journal
"Nothing speaks tothe power of a weapon like it inspiring a work of speculative fiction, and BenH. Winter'sGolden Stateis the dystopian take on the new tool ofwardu jour: lies."—Paste Magazine, 'One of the Best Books of January'
"An entertaining, unpredictable read." —Financial Times
"A perfectly poised ontological-thriller-comedy-dystopian-allegorical-page-turner, yet with tenderly real characters in its chewy center, this turned out to be just the thing I was looking for."—Jonathan Lethem
"Not many writers would take on Orwell, Ray Bradbury, the nature of truth, and the current administration all at a blow. Big shoes to fill--and they fit Ben H. Winters just fine.Golden Stategrabs notions of disinformation and literalism and brilliantly turns them on their head to see what falls from their pockets."—James Sallis, author of Drive
"Golden Stateis a prescient, devastating commentary on humanity's disintegrating attachment to reality and truth, expertly told through the prism of a police-procedural, dystopian nightmare. Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not just a thrilling book, but an important one."—Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter
"'Golden State' is science fiction at itsfinest, a propulsive narrative filled with complex ideas that are expressed byengaging characters who occupy a rich and detailed world."—The Maine Edge
"an ambitious and frighteningly timely novel."—The Nerd Daily
"Golden Stateis a gripping and brainy page-turner. . . . Winters is especially good at keeping his readers off-balance. Not even his biggest fans will see some of the twists and turns he's built into this, his best book yet."—Library Journal,starred review
"Thought-provoking,genre-bending . . . Winters seems to have a real affection for unusuallycompelling premises. Another fine novel from a writer whose imagination knowsno bounds."—Booklist
"A skillful andswift-moving concoction . . . For those who like their dystopias with a dash ofhumor. No lie."—Kirkus
"Winters is an expertat combining social commentary with gripping mystery plots, and the novel neverslows down enough to be accused of didacticism. With rich characters, frequenttwists and tense set pieces, Winters always nails the hardboiled basics."—Shelf Awareness,starred reviews
"This near-future thriller by Edgar winner Winters is likely to provoke discussion."—Publishers Weekly
"Winters has a knackfor creating appealing detective fictions that skew reality inthought-provoking ways, producing a hybrid of the familiar and the uncanny. . .. As you read, you feel your perception of the world slipping and warping. Winters brilliantly imagines the quotidianmanifestations of a truth-obsessed culture."—Washington Post
"Once again, Ben H. Winters creates a world cleverly skewed a few crucial degrees from our own. . . . Winters is well aware of the tropes of dystopian noir, and it is fun to watch him mix and match them to good effect. . . . The detective plot works well, but it is in its questioning of the nature of truth and falsehood that the novel excels. . . . Smart, intricate and propulsive,Golden Stateis proof that Winters deserves our continued attention as one of crime fiction's most inventive practitioners."—San Francisco Chronicle
"Mr. Winters has wonmajor awards in both the mystery and speculative-fiction genres. Thebrain-teasingGolden Stateexists in a space where those two forms coexist.As a consequence, a sympathetic reader's imaginings may persist long after thebook's puzzles have been solved."—Wall Street Journal
"Nothing speaks tothe power of a weapon like it inspiring a work of speculative fiction, and BenH. Winter'sGolden Stateis the dystopian take on the new tool ofwardu jour: lies."—Paste Magazine, 'One of the Best Books of January'
"InGolden
State,Winters
has
fashioned
a
wry
commentary
on
our
current
era
of
fake
news."
—The
Guardian[UK]"An entertaining, unpredictable read." —Financial Times
"A perfectly poised ontological-thriller-comedy-dystopian-allegorical-page-turner, yet with tenderly real characters in its chewy center, this turned out to be just the thing I was looking for."—Jonathan Lethem
"Not many writers would take on Orwell, Ray Bradbury, the nature of truth, and the current administration all at a blow. Big shoes to fill--and they fit Ben H. Winters just fine.Golden Stategrabs notions of disinformation and literalism and brilliantly turns them on their head to see what falls from their pockets."—James Sallis, author of Drive
"Golden Stateis a prescient, devastating commentary on humanity's disintegrating attachment to reality and truth, expertly told through the prism of a police-procedural, dystopian nightmare. Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not just a thrilling book, but an important one."—Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter
"'Golden State' is science fiction at itsfinest, a propulsive narrative filled with complex ideas that are expressed byengaging characters who occupy a rich and detailed world."—The Maine Edge
"an ambitious and frighteningly timely novel."—The Nerd Daily
"Golden Stateis a gripping and brainy page-turner. . . . Winters is especially good at keeping his readers off-balance. Not even his biggest fans will see some of the twists and turns he's built into this, his best book yet."—Library Journal,starred review
"Thought-provoking,genre-bending . . . Winters seems to have a real affection for unusuallycompelling premises. Another fine novel from a writer whose imagination knowsno bounds."—Booklist
"A skillful andswift-moving concoction . . . For those who like their dystopias with a dash ofhumor. No lie."—Kirkus
"Winters is an expertat combining social commentary with gripping mystery plots, and the novel neverslows down enough to be accused of didacticism. With rich characters, frequenttwists and tense set pieces, Winters always nails the hardboiled basics."—Shelf Awareness,starred reviews
"This near-future thriller by Edgar winner Winters is likely to provoke discussion."—Publishers Weekly