Halting State
$25.74
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2008
Summary
It was called in as a robbery at Hayek Associates, an online game company. So you can imagine Sergeant Sue Smith’s mood as she watches the video footage of the heist being carried out by a band of orcs and a dragon, and realizes that the robbery from an online game company is actually a robbery from an online game.
Just wonderful. Like she has nothing better to do. But online entertainment is big business, and when the bodies of real people start to show up, it’s clear that this is an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841496658 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841496650 |
| Author: | Charles Stross |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2008 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 176mm x 110mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
As keenly observant of our emergent society as it is our emergent technologies, Halting State is one extremely smart species of fun. - William Gibson
‘A great read, and a fascinating look at the future of security in a massively networked world.’ - Bruce Schneier, CTO, BT CounterpaneThe first couple of pages had me hooked, and I didn’t touch another book until I finished it. - John Carmack, Technical Director, iD Software and creator of Doom and QuakeAbout The Author
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.
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