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The latest "New York Times" bestseller by the author of "Pattern Recognition" is the story of an investigative journalist who is assigned the task of finding a spo

A clever, cutting edge and utterly original thriller, which sold 9,000 in hardback and 13,500 in trade paperback. Combines political intrigue with a look at the nature of the media, espionage and America post 9/11 and post Iraq War. From the author of many sci-fi novels including "Neuromancer" and "Pattern Recognition". 'Very entertaining' "Independent On Sunday"

William Gibson, autor del best-seller de ciencia ficción "Neuromancer", vuelve del futuro a la presente. Su nueva novela pinta un panorama fascinante de la actual sociedad globalizada. En su primera novela contemporánea William Gibson vuelve su atención a Londres, Nueva York, la antigua URSS, y la ubicuidad de la marca moderna - con resultados deslumbrantes.

Gibsons first new book in four years is, like the bestselling and critically acclaimed "Pattern Recognition," a contemporary novel with international implications. Tito is in his early twenties. Born in Cuba, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in one room in a NoLita warehouse, and does delicate jobs involving information transfer. Hollis Henry is an investigative journalist, on assignment from a magazine called Node. Node doesn't exist yet, which is fine; she's used to that. But it seems to be actively blocking the kind of buzz that magazines normally cultivate before they start up. Really actively blocking it. It's odd, even a little scary, if Hollis lets herself think about it much. Which she doesn't; she can't afford to. Milgrim is a junkie. A high-end junkie, hooked on prescription antianxiety drugs. Milgrim figures he wouldn't survive twenty-four hours if Brown, the mystery man who saved him from a misunderstanding with his dealer, ever stopped supplying those little bubble packs. What exactly Brown is up to Milgrim can't say, but it seems to be military in nature. At least, Milgrim's very nuanced Russian would seem to be a big part of it, as would breaking into locked rooms. Bobby Chombo is a "producer," and an enigma. In his day job, Bobby is a troubleshooter for manufacturers of military navigation equipment. He refuses to sleep in the same place twice. He meets no one. Hollis Henry has been told to find him. "Pattern Recognition" was a bestseller on every list of every major newspaper in the country, reaching #4 on the "New York Times" list. It was also a "BookSense" top ten pick, a "WordStock" bestseller, a best book of the year for "Publishers Weekly," the "Los Angeles Times," "Newsday," and the "Economist," and a "Washington Post" "rave." "Spook Country" is the perfect follow-up to "Pattern Recognition," which was called by "TheWashington Post" (among many glowing reviews), "One of the first authentic and vital novels of the twenty-first century."

Premio Hugo 1985 Premio Nebula 1984 Premio Philip K. Dick 1985 Un futuro invadido por microprocesadores, en el que la información es la materia prima. Vaqueros como Henry Dorrett Case se ganan la vida hurtando información, traspasando defensas electrónicas, bloques tangibles y luminosos, como rascacielos geométricos. En este espeluznante y sombrío futuro la mayor parte del este de Norteamérica es una única y gigantesca ciudad, casi toda Europa un vertedero atómico y Japón una jungla de neón, corruptora y brillante, donde una persona es la suma de sus vicios. "Neuromante es una novela tersa y barroca... Gibson tiene el encanto de Samuel Delany y el vértigo de Philip K. Dick, y una organización textual superior a ambos; y ésta es sólo su primera novela." COLIN GREENLAND, Times Literary Supplement "Gibson no inventa lo que escribe... los temas están justo ahí fuera, como nubes de lluvia, y Gibson es el meteorólogo." TIMOTHY LEARY

1855. La Revolución Industrial está en pleno apogeo, impulsada por mecanismos cibernéticos de vapor. Charles Babbage perfecciona su máquina analítica y la era de la informática llega con un siglo de anticipación. Pero con el cambio llega la inestabilidad social: los luditas, grupo subversivo en contra de la tecnología, protagonizan desórdenes callejeros cada vez más alarmantes y hostigan a las clases dirigentes. La aventura comienza cuando unas misteriosas tarjetas perforadas, de origen y propósito desconocidos, caen en manos del paleontólogo Edward ‘Leviatán’ Mallory. Pronto descubrirá que alguien las busca con la suficiente desesperación como para ser capaz, en un momento dado, de matar por ellas...La máquina diferencial es la primera obra conjunta de dos de los más brillantes y controvertidos escritores de ciencia ficción. Mezcla de relato de detectives y thriller histórico, William Gibson y Bruce Sterling nos ofrecen una provocadora visión de uno de los momentos más fascinantes de la historia de la tecnología.

On a strange assignment from a wealthy industrialist, Cayce Pollard uses her work to distract herself from the recent death of her father, missing since the World Trade Center attacks the previous year. Tracking a piece of film footage on the Internet takes her across the globe, but when her own computer is hacked she begins to realize that perhaps she has a personal connection to the story of which even she is unaware. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.

In 1855 London, a steam driven calculator heralds a new age of information as everything from fast food to credit cards turns the Victorian Era into a bizarre modern-day world. "Bursting with the kind of demented speculation and obsessive detailing that has made both Gibson's and Sterling's work stand out in the past".--San Francisco Chronicle.