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Halting State

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
336 Seiten
Englisch
Penguin USerschienen am24.06.2008
Halting State [is] a near-future story that is at once over-the-top and compellingly believable. Vernor Vinge, author of Rainbows Endÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
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In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. A daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates a dot-com start-up company that s just floated onto the London stock exchange. But this crime may be a bit beyond Smith s expertise.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ

ÿThe prime suspects are a band of marauding orcs with a dragon in tow for fire support. The bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four, and the robbery was supposed to be impossible. When word gets out, Hayek Associates and all its virtual economies are going to crash hard.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ

ÿFor Smith, the investigation seems pointless. But the deeper she digs, the bigger the case gets. There are powerful players both real and pixelated who are watching her every move. Because there is far more at stake than just some game-head s fantasy financial security
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KlappentextHalting State [is] a near-future story that is at once over-the-top and compellingly believable. Vernor Vinge, author of Rainbows Endÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
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In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. A daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates a dot-com start-up company that s just floated onto the London stock exchange. But this crime may be a bit beyond Smith s expertise.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ

ÿThe prime suspects are a band of marauding orcs with a dragon in tow for fire support. The bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four, and the robbery was supposed to be impossible. When word gets out, Hayek Associates and all its virtual economies are going to crash hard.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ

ÿFor Smith, the investigation seems pointless. But the deeper she digs, the bigger the case gets. There are powerful players both real and pixelated who are watching her every move. Because there is far more at stake than just some game-head s fantasy financial security
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-441-01607-5
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2008
Erscheinungsdatum24.06.2008
Seiten336 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht196 g
Artikel-Nr.10868338
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As keenly observant of our emergent society as it is of our emergent technologies, Halting State is one extremely smart species of fun. William Gibson, author of Agency

ÿ Halting State [is] a near-future story that is at once over-the-top and compellingly believable. Vernor Vinge, author of Rainbows End

The first couple pages had me hooked, and I didn t touch another book until I finished it. John Carmack, lead developer of Doom and Quake, and technical director of id Software
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This is the best fictional take ever written about virtual worlds. Raph Koster, designer of Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, and Metaspace
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Autor

Charles Stross ist der Shooting Star unter den amerikanischen SF-Autoren und wird schon heute in eine Reihe mit den legendären Meistern des Genres, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein und Philip K. Dick, gestellt.Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England, in 1964. He has worked as a pharmacist, software engineer and freelance journalist, but now writes full-time.