Description: Accelerando by Charles Stross Expanding on his award-winning short story cycle from "Asimovs Science Fiction" magazine, the Hugo Award-winning author of "Glasshouse" delivers a novel destined to change the genre. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotechnology runs rampant, replicating and reprogramming at will. Contact with extraterrestrial life grows more imminent with each new day.Struggling to survive and thrive in this accelerated world are three generations of the Macx clan: Manfred, an entrepreneur dealing in intelligence amplification technology whose mind is divided between his physical environment and the Internet; his daughter, Amber, on the run from her domineering mother, seeking her fortune in the outer system as an indentured astronaut; and Sirhan, Ambers son, who finds his destiny linked to the fate of all of humanity.For something is systematically dismantling the nine planets of the solar system. Something beyond human comprehension. Something that has no use for biological life in any form... Author Biography Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England in 1964. He holds degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer, and freelance journalist. He is now a full-time writer. Review "A cornucopia of notions and neat writing."—The San Diego Union-Tribune"Makes hallucinogens obsolete."—Cory Doctorow"Stross sizzles with ideas…whimsical and funny as well as challenging and thoughtful."—The Denver Post"Like Bruce Sterling or William Gibson at their best, Stross surfs a wave of ideas and information that seems always on the brink of collapsing into incomprehensibility, but never does—a careening plunge through strangeness in which every page contains something to mess with your head."—SF Site Long Description An expansion of Strosss award-winning short story cycle. The novel both his fans and peers have been waiting for. Review Quote "A cornucopia of notions and neat writing."-- The San Diego Union-Tribune "Makes hallucinogens obsolete."--Cory Doctorow "Stross sizzles with ideas…whimsical and funny as well as challenging and thoughtful." -- The Denver Post "Like Bruce Sterling or William Gibson at their best, Stross surfs a wave of ideas and information that seems always on the brink of collapsing into incomprehensibility, but never does--a careening plunge through strangeness in which every page contains something to mess with your head."--SF Site Details ISBN0441014151 Author Charles Stross Short Title ACCELERANDO Language English ISBN-10 0441014151 ISBN-13 9780441014156 Media Book DEWEY FIC Year 2006 Series Singularity DOI 10.1604/9780441014156 Series Number 3 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2006-06-27 NZ Release Date 2006-06-27 US Release Date 2006-06-27 UK Release Date 2006-06-27 Pages 432 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Format Paperback Publication Date 2006-06-27 Imprint Ace Books Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:7447360;
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