Summary
His most ambitious novel to date, ACCELERANDO is a multi-generational saga following a brilliant clan of 21st-century posthumans. The year is some time between 2010 and 2015. The recession has ended, but populations are ageing and the rate of tech change is accelerating dizzyingly. Manfred makes his living from spreading ideas around, putting people in touch with one another and leaving a spray of technologies in his wake. He lives at the cutting edge of intelligence amplification technology,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841493893 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841493899 |
| Author: | Charles Stross |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 13 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 111mm x 177mm x 28mm |
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Utterly original, gripping the reader with the power of its ideas
Stretches the limits of narrative to make us see how wonderful ideas can be - TIME OUT
Stross’s most accomplished and strikingly imaginative SF book so far - STARBURSTUtterly original, gripping the reader with the power of its ideas - DREAMWATCHIntelligent future history grounded by terrific characters - DREAMWATCHAbout 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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