William Gibson
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| Original Title: | Count Zero |
| ISBN: | 0441013678 (ISBN13: 9780441013678) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Sprawl #2 |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1987), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986), Locus Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1987), British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986) |
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A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one he’s recovering from: to get a defecting chief of R&D—and the biochip he’s perfected—out intact. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties—some of whom aren’t remotely human...Identify Epithetical Books Count Zero (Sprawl #2)
| Title | : | Count Zero (Sprawl #2) |
| Author | : | William Gibson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 308 pages |
| Published | : | March 7th 2006 by Ace Books (first published 1986) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Cyberpunk. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy. Dystopia. Novels. Fantasy |
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it involved the idea that people who were genuinely dangerous might not need to exhibit the fact at all, and that the ability to conceal a threat made them even more dangerous. William Gibson, Count Zero I haven't read Sprawl # 3 (Mona Lisa Overdrive), but after reading Neuromancer and now 'Count Zero', I think I will start referring to the Sprawl trilogy as the Sprawl Dialectic. 'Neuromancer' = Thesis. 'Count Zero' = Antithesis, so I guess I have to wait to see if 'Mona Lisa Overdrive' =Not the blinding, genre-defining supernova of Neuromancer -- that pretty much only happens once per author or once per series -- but a stronger book in pretty much every way that matters, and proof positive (not needed now, certainly, but probably much more welcome back in the heady days of the late 1980s) that Gibson was not a one-hit wonder.Events pick up about seven years after the close of Neuromancer, with an entirely new cast of characters (although there are a few Neuromancer cameos
I would perhaps complain that the ending was a bit to deus ex machina for my taste, but then the entire book is wound around the theme of god being in the machine. From the vodou loa who seemingly possess various characters and steer the entire plot; to the mad European trillionare who has reached near immortality through preservation vats and virtual reality; to the insane former net cowboy who now believes he has found god in the random yet deeply moving works of art created by long abandoned
Are you - are you sad?"- No."But your - your songs are sad."- My songs are of time and distance. The sadness is in you. Watch my arms. There is only the dance. These things you treasure are shells. As one who has watched The Matrix trilogy countless times, and considers it my favorite, and has novelized the piece frame by frame, I'm ecstatic to know the movie belongs in an entire mainstream sub-genre of science fiction. Unfortunately, I will admit, telling the younger generation about cyberpunk
The second instalment in Gibson's sprawl series contains all the elements that made cyberpunk so much fun. The plot is a breakneck thrill ride complete with augmented humans, mercenaries, Rastafarian warriors and a tactical nuke. However, Gibson also finds room for plenty of brain food as we are forced to consider a future where government is irrelevant and information the only real currency.
Following the resounding success of my Locus Quest, I faced a dilemma: which reading list to follow it up with? Variety is the spice of life, so Ive decided to diversify and pursue six different lists simultaneously. This book falls into my FINISHING THE SERIES! list.I loves me a good series! But I'm terrible for starting a new series before finishing my last - so this reading list is all about trying to close out those series I've got on the go...A quick look at the numbers...Why is it that
The coolest thing about reading Gibson is jacking in to his urbane and hip way of descriptive narration.William Gibson, as prophet of cyber punk and also as the herald of his later Blue Ant works, returns to The Sprawl for a continuation of the setting he began in his masterwork, Neuromancer.But like many of his books, this sequel is only that in regard to a return to the original setting, Count Zero works as a stand alone. The Sprawl, the megalopolis formed by the Eastern United States, from
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