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Author:
William Gibson
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date:
Jan 07, 2021
Binding:
Paperback / softback
ISBN-13:
9780241974575
ISBN10:
0241974577

Overview

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM WILLIAM GIBSON, THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEUROMANCER-----San Francisco, 2017. Clinton's in the White House, Brexit never happened - and Verity Jane's got herself a new job. They call Verity 'the app-whisperer,' and she's just been hired to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called Eunice... Only Eunice has other ideas. Pretty soon, Verity realises that Eunice is smarter than anyone she's ever met. Which is just as well since suddenly some very bad people are after Verity. Meanwhile, in a post-apocalyptic London a century from now, PR fixer Wilf Netherton is tasked with interfering in the alternative past in which Verity and Eunice exist. It appears something nasty is about to happen there - and fixing it will require not only Eunice's unique human-AI skillset but also a little help from the future. A future that Verity fears may never be . . . -----'Dazzling, astoundingly inventive' The Times'Wild, richly satisfying' Guardian'Terrific' Spectator'Rattles along with great pace and suspense' Sunday Times'One of our greatest science-fiction writers' New York Times'A sensual, remarkably visual ride' Guardian'Among our most fascinating novelists' Daily Telegraph

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM WILLIAM GIBSON, THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEUROMANCER

-----

San Francisco, 2017. Clinton''s in the White House, Brexit never happened - and Verity Jane''s got herself a new job.

They call Verity ''the app-whisperer,'' and she''s just been hired to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called Eunice...

Only Eunice has other ideas.

Pretty soon, Verity realises that Eunice is smarter than anyone she''s ever met. Which is just as well since suddenly some very bad people are after Verity.

Meanwhile, in a post-apocalyptic London a century from now, PR fixer Wilf Netherton is tasked with interfering in the alternative past in which Verity and Eunice exist. It appears something nasty is about to happen there - and fixing it will require not only Eunice''s unique human-AI skillset but also a little help from the future.

A future that Verity fears may never be . . .

-----


''Dazzling, astoundingly inventive'' The Times

''Wild, richly satisfying'' Guardian

''Terrific'' Spectator

''Rattles along with great pace and suspense'' Sunday Times

''One of our greatest science-fiction writers'' New York Times

''A sensual, remarkably visual ride'' Guardian

''Among our most fascinating novelists'' Daily Telegraph




  • | Author: William Gibson
  • | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • | Publication Date: Jan 07, 2021
  • | Number of Pages:
  • | Language:
  • | Binding: Paperback / softback
  • | ISBN-13: 9780241974575
  • | ISBN-10: 0241974577

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