The Peripheral - Hardcover

Gibson, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399158448 ISBN 13: 9780399158445

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 2014

Synopsis

William Gibson returns with his first novel since 2010 s" New York Times" bestselling "Zero History."
Where Flynne and her brother, Burton, live, jobs outside the drug business are rare. Fortunately, Burton has his veteran s benefits, for neural damage he suffered from implants during his time in the USMC s elite Haptic Recon force. Then one night Burton has to go out, but there s a job he s supposed to do a job Flynne didn t know he had. Beta-testing part of a new game, he tells her. The job seems to be simple: work a perimeter around the image of a tower building. Little buglike things turn up. He s supposed to get in their way, edge them back. That s all there is to it. He s offering Flynne a good price to take over for him. What she sees, though, isn t what Burton told her to expect. It might be a game, but it might also be murder."

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Review

"To read Gibson is to read the present as if it were the future." --The New York Times" "Gibson's radar is deftly tuned to the changes in the culture that many of us are missing." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" "One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working." --The Boston Globe" "Like Pynchon and DeLillo, Gibson excels at pinpointing the hidden forces that shape our world." --Details"

Praise for "The Peripheral"

"Spectacular, a piece of trenchant, far-future speculation that features all the eyeball kicks of "Neuromancer "and all the maturity and sly wit of "Spook Country". It's brilliant." --Cory Doctorow

Praise for William Gibson

"To read Gibson is to read the present as if it were the future." --The New York Times" "Gibson's radar is deftly tuned to the changes in the culture that many of us are missing." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" "One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working." --The Boston Globe" "Like Pynchon and DeLillo, Gibson excels at pinpointing the hidden forces that shape our world." --Details"

Praise for "The Peripheral"
"Spectacular, a piece of trenchant, far-future speculation that features all the eyeball kicks of "Neuromancer "and all the maturity and sly wit of "Spook Country." It's brilliant." --Cory Doctorow
Praise for William Gibson
"To read Gibson is to read the present as if it were the future." --The New York Times" "Gibson's radar is deftly tuned to the changes in the culture that many of us are missing." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" "One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working." --The Boston Globe" "Like Pynchon and DeLillo, Gibson excels at pinpointing the hidden forces that shape our world." --Details"

Praise for "The Peripheral"
"Spectacular, a piece of trenchant, far-future speculation that features all the eyeball kicks of "Neuromancer "and all the maturity and sly wit of "Spook Country." It's brilliant." --Cory Doctorow
Praise for William Gibson
"To read Gibson is to read the present as if it were the future." --The New York Times"Gibson's radar is deftly tuned to the changes in the culture that many of us are missing." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working." --The Boston Globe"Like Pynchon and DeLillo, Gibson excels at pinpointing the hidden forces that shape our world." --Details

Praise for"The Peripheral"
"Spectacular, a piece of trenchant, far-future speculation that features all the eyeball kicks of"Neuromancer"and all the maturity and sly wit of"Spook Country." It s brilliant." Cory Doctorow
Praise for William Gibson
To read Gibson is to read the present as if it were the future. The New York Times Gibson s radar is deftly tuned to the changes in the culture that many of us are missing. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working. The Boston Globe Like Pynchon and DeLillo, Gibson excels at pinpointing the hidden forces that shape our world. Details"

From the Back Cover

'Wild, richly satisfying . . . big-screen, popcorn-chewing thrills. What a glorious ride' Guardian

In the near future in a broken down rural America, Flynne Fisher scrapes a living as a gamer for rich players. One night, working a game set in a futuristic but puzzlingly empty London, she sees a death that's unnervingly vivid. Soon after she gets word that it isn't a game after all - the future she saw is all too real, she's the only witness to a murder and someone from that unreal tomorrow now wants her dead.

The story of a young woman caught between two worlds, The Peripheral interweaves two futures - pre-apocalypse USA and post-apocalypse London - to tell a story which gets right to heart of the way we live now.

'A tightly plotted, tautly paced novel that unfolds with the dream logic of a fairy tale' The Times Literary Supplement

'Frightening plausible. Not just a unique and brilliantly talented SF novelist but a social and psychological visionary. A wonderful addition to a brilliant oeuvre' The Times

'Superb . . . frantic with imagination' Ned Beauman, Observer

'Fast-moving, accessible, instantly gripping, so laden with cliffhangers you become afraid he'll run out of cliffs' SFX

Edition details

• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0399158448
• ISBN 13: 9780399158445
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 485