Halting State
(Sprache: Englisch)
In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. The investigation seems pointless, but she soon realizes that the virtual world may have a devastating effect in the real one--and that someone is about to launch an attack upon both.
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In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. The investigation seems pointless, but she soon realizes that the virtual world may have a devastating effect in the real one--and that someone is about to launch an attack upon both.
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Halting State [is] a near-future story that is at once over-the-top and compellingly believable. Vernor Vinge, author of Rainbows End In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. A daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates a dot-com start-up company that s just floated onto the London stock exchange. But this crime may be a bit beyond Smith s expertise.
The prime suspects are a band of marauding orcs with a dragon in tow for fire support. The bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four, and the robbery was supposed to be impossible. When word gets out, Hayek Associates and all its virtual economies are going to crash hard.
For Smith, the investigation seems pointless. But the deeper she digs, the bigger the case gets. There are powerful players both real and pixelated who are watching her every move. Because there is far more at stake than just some game-head s fantasy financial security
Autoren-Porträt von Charles Stross
Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England, in 1964. He has worked as a pharmacist, software engineer and freelance journalist, but now writes full-time.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Charles Stross
- 2008, 336 Seiten, Maße: 10,6 x 17,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Ace Books
- ISBN-10: 0441016073
- ISBN-13: 9780441016075
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.07.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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As keenly observant of our emergent society as it is of our emergent technologies, Halting State is one extremely smart species of fun. William Gibson, author of AgencyHalting State [is] a near-future story that is at once over-the-top and compellingly believable. Vernor Vinge, author of Rainbows End
The first couple pages had me hooked, and I didn t touch another book until I finished it. John Carmack, lead developer of Doom and Quake, and technical director of id Software
This is the best fictional take ever written about virtual worlds. Raph Koster, designer of Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, and Metaspace
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