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Distraction

By Bruce Sterling

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780553576399

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It's November 2044, an election year, and the state of the Union is a farce. The government is broke, the cities are privately owned, and the military is shaking down citizens in the streets. Washington has become a circus and no one knows that better than Oscar Valparaiso. A political spin doctor, Continue

It's November 2044, an election year, and the state of the Union is a farce. The government is broke, the cities are privately owned, and the military is shaking down citizens in the streets. Washington has become a circus and no one knows that better than Oscar Valparaiso. A political spin doctor, Oscar has always made things look good. Now he wants to make a difference.

But Oscar has a skeleton in his closet. His only ally: Dr. Greta Penninger, a gifted neurologist at the bleeding edge of the neural revolution. Together they're out to spread a very dangerous idea whose time has come. And so have their enemies: every technofanatic, government goon, and laptop assassin in America. Oscar and Greta might not survive to change the world, but they'll put a new spin on it.

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  • Bruce Sterling: Distraction

    Chris Mitchell If the novel of ideas has found a refuge within the 20th century, it’s within science fiction. Sci-fi lends itself perfectly to complex speculation about the future and what’s in store for the human race. The only problem is, sci-fi no ... (read full critics)

    spikemagazine published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Mass Market Paperback 544 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0553576399
  • ISBN-13: 9780553576399
  • Publisher: Spectra
  • Pub date: Oct 05, 1999
  • Dimensions: 1161 mm x 710 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Unbound and Others
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