Risultati di "William Gibson" in Tutte le categorie

Verity Jane sta testando Eunice, un'assistente digitale, quando si accorge che quella IA ha un volto, un passato e conosce le strategie di combattimento; istintivamente, decide di tenere la cosa per sé. Un secolo dopo, in una linea temporale completamente diversa, Wilf Netherton può vedere il disastro ecopolitico noto come "jackpot" che incombe su Eunice e Verity e i ruoli che entrambe possono ricoprire per sventarlo.

La obra pionera del Cyberpunk, que catapultaría a William Gibson al éxito, llega a la colección Bibliotecas de Autor. Case era el mejor vaquero del ciberespacio: se ganaba la vida robando información y traspasando defensas electrónicas. Pero cometió el error de traicionar a la gente equivocada y como castigo dañaron su sistema nervioso con una toxina que extinguió su talento micrón a micrón.

William Gibson's dark visions of computer cowboys, bio-enhanced soldiers of fortune, and hi-tech lowlifes have won unprecedented praise. Included here are some of the most famous short fiction and novellas by the author of Count Zero and Neuromancer.

Rydell is on his way back to near-future San Francisco. His job has him convinced that his career is going nowhere, but his friend Laney, phoning from Tokyo, says there's more interesting work for him in Northern California. And there is, although it will eventually involve his former girlfriend, a Taoist assassin, the secrets Laney has been hacking out of the depths of DatAmerica, the CEO of the PR firm that secretly runs the world and the apocalyptic technological transformation of, well, everything.

A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from: to get a defecting chief of R&D-and the biochip he's perfected-out intact. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties-some of whom aren't remotely human.

Neuromancer is the multiple award-winning novel that launched the astonishing career of William Gibson. The first fully-realized glimpse of humankind's digital future, it is a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and...

Segundo tomo de esta saga del padre del cyberpunk. Enviaron un sabueso explosivo en busca de Turner por Nueva Delhi, cargado con sus feromonas y el color de su pelo. Las zaibatsu Biolaboratorios Maas y Hosaka se enfrentan por la dominación mundial, mientras mercenarios como Turner o vaqueros del ciberespacio como el Conde Cero no son más que peones de un juego que escapa a su comprensión: útiles, pero prescindibles en última instancia.

Tercera entrega del padre del Ciberpunk. El fantasma fue el regalo de despedida de su padre. Se lo entregó un secretario vestido de negro en la zona de embarque del aeropuerto de Narita. Mona es una joven con un pasado turbio y un futuro incierto cuya vida da un vuelco cuando su proxeneta la vende a un cirujano plástico de Nueva York y, de la noche a la mañana, se convierte en otra persona. Angie Mitchell es una estrella famosa de Senso/Red de Hollywood con un talento muy particular, y ha empezado a recordar cosas a pesar de que los jefes de su estudio se esfuerzan para que no se dé cuenta.

The New York Times bestselling author of Neuromancer and Agency presents a fast-paced sci-fi thriller that takes a terrifying look into the future. DON'T MISS THE SERIES—NOW STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON PRIME VIDEO! Flynne Fisher lives down a country road, in a rural America where jobs are scarce...

A biweekly podcast on the Django Web Framework by Will Vincent and Carlton Gibson.

"Un secrétaire vêtu de noir était venu lui apporter le fantôme, cadeau d'adieu de son père, dans une salle d'embarquement de Narita". Trois femmes que tout sépare, Sally, ancienne mercenaire, Mona, prostituée et Angie, superstar, se retrouvent autour de l'Aleph, fantastique instrument de pouvoir... Après "Neuromancien" et "Comte Zéro, Mona Lisa disjoncte" conclut une trilogie qui a révolutionné la science-fiction.

Case est un ancien pirate de la matrice, cet univers qu'il définit comme "une hallucination consensuelle". Après la destruction de son système nerveux par un de ses employeurs, il survit désormais grâce à l'alcool et aux drogues, et trempe dans plusieurs trafics d'organes et de matériel informatique. Alors qu'il s'apprête à franchir le point de non-retour dans cette spirale d'autodestruction, il se voit offrir une nouvelle naissance : la possibilité de retourner dans la matrice pour l'exultation désincarnée qu'elle procure.

Pour Turner, cette mission d'exfiltration d'un cadre de Maas Biolab fait partie de la routine de son boulot de mercenaire. Et il est le meilleur dans sa partie... Au même moment, en Europe, Marly, une galeriste d'art ruinée reçoit une étrange proposition du multimilliardaire Josef Virek : découvrir l'origine de mystérieux coffrets dont le style ressemble à celui de l'artiste qui a causé sa perte... Quant à Bobby, un hacker qui se fait appeler Comte Zéro, il voit son ultime heure venue.

The award-winning William Gibson goes beyond science fiction to the broader mainstream fiction audience. His unique world features multinational corporations and high-tech outlaws vying for power, traveling the computer-generated universe.

Flynne und Wilf leben auf zwei Seiten des "Jackpots", der Apokalypse, die gegen Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts große Teile der Menschheit hinweggerafft hat. Jahrzehnte liegen zwischen ihnen, doch als ein Mord geschieht, nimmt Wilf Kontakt zu Flynne auf... Flynnes Heimatdorf liegt an der amerikanischen Ostküste, wo sie ihr Geld in einem 3D-Kopierladen verdient. Dort lebt auch ihr Bruder Burton, der heimlich Computerspiele testet, um seine spärliche Veteranenrente aufzubessern.

Cayce Pollard is a new kind of prophet - a world-renowned "coolhunter" who predicts the hottest trends. While in London to evaluate the redesign of a famous corporate logo, she's offered a different assignment: find the creator of the obscure, enigmatic video clips being uploaded to the Internet - footage that is generating massive underground buzz worldwide.

The iconic visionary returns with his first new novel since the New York Times bestseller Spook Country. Whatever you do, because you are an artist, will bring you to the next thing of your own... When she sang for The Curfew, Hollis Henry's face was known worldwide. She still runs into people...

The New York Times bestseller from “one of the most astute and entertaining commentators on our astonishing, chaotic present.”( Washington Post Book World) Hollis Henry is a journalist on investigative assignment for a magazine called Node, which doesn’t exist yet. Bobby Chombo is a...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “ONE OF THE MOST VISIONARY, ORIGINAL, AND QUIETLY INFLUENTIAL WRITERS CURRENTLY WORKING”* returns with a sharply imagined follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The Peripheral. William Gibson has trained his eye on the future for decades, ever since...