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True Names
Vernor Vinge
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Description for True Names
Paperback. Series: Penguin Worlds. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 328 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Penguin Worlds
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241975589
SKU
V9780241975589
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About Vernor Vinge
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 ... Read more
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