Автор - William Gibson
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Автор: William GibsonЖанр: Иностранная литература
Rok 2005, dwa siostrzane stany NoCal i SoCal powstałe w miejscu dawnej Kalifornii. Minione tysiąclecie pozostawiło nielicznych ocalałych i oszołomionych mieszkańców. Berry Rydell pracuje teraz dla łowcy nagród; Chevette Washington pod wpływem nagłego impulsu kradnie niewinnie wyglądające okulary. Jest to produkt bardzo zaawansowanej technologii. To, co przez nie widać, może uczynić człowieka bogatym lub martwym.
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Автор: William GibsonЖанр: Иностранная литература
Amazon.comThe author of Neuromancer takes you to the vividly realized near future of 2005. Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. Here the millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pick-pocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich–or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash.From Publishers WeeklyGibson's cyberpunk thriller set in a near-future L.A.–a two-week PW bestseller–depicts the hunt for virtual reality glasses containing classified data.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.Book Description2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. Here the millenium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich–or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash...
О книгеVirtuálfény
Автор: William GibsonЖанр: Иностранная литература
Gibson új regénye a XXI. század első évtizedébe, egy neurománc — ciklusnál közelebbi jövőbe vezet. Hősei egy széthullóban lévő világ információfogyasztó polgárai, akik gyorsan élnek, de nem lehetnek sem gyorsabbak, sem okosabbak a mindenütt jelenlévő számítógépeknél…
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