The Peripheral by William Gibson

The Peripheral by William Gibson

The Peripheral by William Gibson - a thrilling new novel about drones, murder and time-travelling crime, from the bestselling author of Neuromancer Some time around the year 2020, in a trailer park in the Deep South, a young woman witnesses a murder. She is in a video game, and watches with horror as a drone strike kills a child. At precisely the same moment, one hundred years in the future, a boy is remotely killed on the streets of London's great skyscrapers. The perpetrator remains anonymous. Interweaving two strange futures, from a ramshackle community of US army veterans, to the teeming masses of a mega city, The Peripheral tells the story of a brave new world of drones, outsourcing and kleptocracy, and of a crime that can only be solved across time. According to the Guardian, in terms of influence Gibson is 'probably the most important novelist of the past two decades'. The Peripheral, which marks a return to the futurism of Neuromancer, will be adored by Gibson readers and will also appeal to fans of Ender's Game, Looper and Source Code. William Gibson's first novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide. Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive completed his first trilogy. He has since written six further novels, moving gradually away from science fiction and futuristic work, instead writing about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His most recent novels are Pattern Recognition, Spook Country and Zero History, his non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavor, compiles assorted writings and journalism from across his career.

Superb.. frantic with imagination and frantic with the appetite to see what happens next -- Ned Beauman * Observer *
What a glorious ride! Like the woman said: brain 'splode -- Sam Leith * Guardian *
This is a mesmerizing, captivating, haunting book - a wonderful addition to a brilliant oeuvre -- Harry Ritchie * Sunday Times *
Spectacular, a piece of trenchant, far-future speculation that features all the eyeball kicks of Neuromancer and all the maturity and sly wit of Spook Country. It's brilliant -- Cory Doctorow
A swirlingly philosophical quantum daydream of drones and bodyswapping * Daily Telegraph Books of the Year *
When it comes to speculative fiction that reveals how we live by creating a not too unimaginable alternative reality, William Gibson is the don * Esquire *

William Gibson is credited with having coined the term "cyberspace" and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. His first novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide, and Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive completed the trilogy. He has written six further novels about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His most recent novels include Spook Country, Zero History and The Peripheral. His non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavour, compiles assorted writings and journalism from across his career.

SKU	GOR006528657
ISBN 13	9780670921560
ISBN 10	0670921564
Titre	The Peripheral
Auteur	William Gibson
État	Très bon
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Penguin Books Ltd
Année de publication	2014-11-20
Nombre de pages	496
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