A thrilling dystopian novel imagining a world where Trump lost the election, from the master of science fiction
William Gibson is credited with having coined the term "cyberspace" and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. His first novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide, and Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive completed the trilogy. He has written six further novels about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His most recent novels include Spook Country, Zero History and The Peripheral. His non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavour, compiles assorted writings and journalism from across his career.
A sensual, remarkably visual ride, vigorous with displays of
conceptual imagination and humour
*The Guardian*
One of the most influential writers around . . . with Gibson's
trademark panache, the story rattles along with great pace and
suspense
*Sunday Times*
One of our greatest science-fiction writers
*New York Times*
Among our most fascinating novelists
*Daily Telegraph*
His eye for the eerie in the everyday still lends events an
otherworldly sheen
*New Yorker*
One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential
writers currently working
*Boston Globe*
Gibson is a prophet and a satirist, a black comedian and an
astounding architect of cool
*Spectator*
Engaging, thought-provoking and delightful... [Gibson] can always
be counted on to show us our contemporary milieu rendered magical
by his unique insights, and a future rendered inhabitable by his
wild yet disciplined imagination
*The Washington Post*
Gibson blurs the line between real and speculative technology in a
fast-paced thriller that will affirm to readers that it was well
worth the wait
*Booklist*
Typically visionary, yet plausible and thrilling too
*I Paper*
If you're one of those who sees Gibson as a visionary, it's time to
be scared - the scenarios he's playing with here don't make for
comfort reading
*SFX magazine*
No one can ever hope to out-Gibson Gibson... A true original
*Sunday Times*
To read Gibson is to read the present as if it were the future
*New York Times*
A terrific writer. Gibson is a prophet and a satirist, a black
comedian and an astounding architect of cool. He's also responsible
for much of the world we live in
*Spectator*
The man who saw the consequences of virtual reality before the
technology had even been invented
*Observer*
One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential
writers currently working
*Boston Globe*
A glorious ride into the future
*Guardian on 'The Peripheral'*
Superb . . . frantic with imagination and frantic with the appetite
to see what happens next
*Observer on 'The Peripheral'*
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