Crux

• Utgivningsdatum: 2013-09-05
• Mått: 130 x 197 x 53 mm
• Vikt: 532 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Nexus Arc
• Antal sidor: 512
• Förlag: Watkins Media Limited
• Illustratör: Argh! Oxford
• ISBN: 9780857665515

• Science fiction

RAMEZ NAAM is a professional technologist, and was involved in the development of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook.He was the CEO of Apex Nanotechnologies, a company involved in developing nanotechnology research software before returning to Microsoft.He holds a seat on the advisory board of the Institute for Accelerating Change, is a member of the World Future Society, a Senior Associate of the Foresight Institute, and a fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

A strong, exciting, and intellectually stimulating sequel. --David Pitt, BooklistPraise for the Nexus series:"Good. Scary good." - Wired"Provocative... A double-edged vision of the post-human."- The Wall Street Journal"A lightning bolt of a novel, with a sense of awe missing from a lot of current fiction."- Ars Technica"Starred Review. Naam turns in a stellar performance in his debut SF novel... What matters here is the remarkable scope and narrative power of the story."- Booklist"A superbly plotted high-tension technothriller ... full of delicious, thoughtful moral ambiguity ... a hell of a read."- Cory Doctorow"A gripping piece of near future speculation... all the grit and pace of the Bourne films."- Alastair Reynolds, author of Revelation Space"A sharp, chilling look at our likely future."- Charles Stross, author of Singularity Sky and Halting State"The most brilliant hard SF thriller I've read in years. Reminds me of Michael Crichton at his best."- Brenda Cooper, author of The Creative Fire"A rich cast of characters...the action scenes are crisp, the glimpses of future tech and culture are mesmerizing."- Publishers Weekly

1 recensioner, genomsnitt 5/5

1. 5/5 Aron S 2015-07-09