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True Names

English · Paperback

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Informationen zum Autor Vernor Vinge Klappentext Vernor Vinge is a computer scientist, mathematics professor and science fiction author. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning Zones of Thought series, including novels A Fire Upon the Deep and The Children of the Sky . He published True Names in 1981 and it was awarded the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award in 2007. Vinge retired from teaching at San Diego State University in 2000 and currently sits on the selection committee for the Free Software Foundation's Award for the Advancement of Free Software. Zusammenfassung Penguin reissues a seminal work of cyberpunk fiction from the Hugo Award-winning author of A Fire Upon the Deep - with a new introduction by Hari Kunzru Mr Slippery is an illegal computer hacker - a Warlock - and an expert in a new virtual reality technology called the Other Plane. Arrested by US the government and forced to work for them, he finds himself pitted against a new and frightening international cybercriminal: the Mailman. The Mailman is building a network of Warlocks, promising them wealth and power, causing chaos around the globe - but noone has ever met him in person. As Mr Slippery and his sidekick Erythrina drain the world's computational power to track down their formidable adversary, they begin to wonder if they are chasing a ghost. Is the Mailman a man at all? Is he even human? True Names is part of the Penguin Worlds classic science fiction series

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Authors Vernor Vinge, Vinge Vernor
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 29.09.2016
 
EAN 9780241975589
ISBN 978-0-241-97558-9
No. of pages 320
Dimensions 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
Series Penguin Worlds
Penguin Worlds
Subjects Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy

FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Science fiction: near-future

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