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The New York Times bestselling author of Neuromancer and Agency presents a fast-paced sci-fi thriller that takes a terrifying look into the future... Flynne Fisher lives down a country road, in a rural America where jobs are scarce, unless you count illegal drug manufacture, which she's trying to avoid. Her brother Burton lives on money from the Veterans Administration, for neurological damage suffered in the Marines' elite Haptic Recon unit. Flynne earns what she can by assembling product at the local 3D printshop. She made more as a combat scout in an online game, playing for a rich man, but she's had to let the shooter games go. Wilf Netherton lives in London, seventy-some years later, on the far side of decades of slow-motion apocalypse. Things are pretty good now, for the haves, and there aren't many have-nots left. Wilf, a high-powered publicist and celebrity-minder, fancies himself a romantic misfit, in a society where reaching into the past is just another hobby. Burton's been moonlighting online, secretly working security in some game prototype, a virtual world that looks vaguely like London, but a lot weirder. He's got Flynne taking over shifts, promised her the game's not a shooter. Still, the crime she witnesses there is plenty bad. Flynne and Wilf are about to meet one another. Her world will be altered utterly, irrevocably, and Wilf's, for all its decadence and power, will learn that some of these third-world types from the past can be badass.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Gibson, William
- ISBN: 9780425276235
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.90 x 1.00
- Number Of Pages: 512
- Publication Year: 2015
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Readable Gibson
Ken B. - 6 years agoGibson is always mind bending. I must admit, I'll have to read this again to catch all of his nuances. He's the writer for the brilliant reader. Gamers, time travel, robots... what more could you want? I found it one of his more accessible novels. The sequel came out in January 2020.
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Gibson's triumphant return to Science Fiction
Caitlin R. - 6 years 10 months agoHis first sci-fi novel since 1999, The Peripheral is Gibson at his best. The setting really stands out as the strong point in this novel. He again creates not only a world that is bizarre and outlandish, but also one that is very easy to see in our own future. In his characteristic style, Gibson only reveals the world in bits and pieces -- first time readers may find themselves confused! As more is revealed, however, the dramatic events and fleshed-out characters begin to fit together in a very satisfying way. The first few chapters may feel a little daunting if this is your first Gibson novel, but the suspense and lightning-fast action sequences will keep you turning the pages until the ultimately satisfying climax.
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