Distraction

Distraction

by Bruce Sterling (Author)

Synopsis

Near future Earth and a new cold war is in full swing - the Dutch Cold War. The US is a shadow of its former self and in hock to Europe, its infrastructure falling apart at the seams and with nomadic tribes roaming from state to state living according to no one's rules but their own. Oscar Valpariso, spin doctor to possibly the next president ,is only half human but if he can straighten out his love life and solve a worldwide crisis that only he has noticed, America should be ripe for the taking ...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 01 Sep 2000

ISBN 10: 1857989287
ISBN 13: 9781857989281
Book Overview: * One of Sf's must read authors, innovation on a par with William Gibson * Regularly picked out as one of the important writers of SF working today * Hugo Award winning author for BICYCLE REPAIRMAN * Biotechnology meets MAD MAX meets THE PLAYER * 'Enthralling and subversive' SF Commentary * 'The world must and will develop into what Sterlling has predicted' Science Fiction Age

Author Bio
SALES POINTS * One of Sf's must read authors, innovation on a par with William Gibson * Regularly picked out as one of the important writers of SF working today * Hugo Award winning author for BICYCLE REPAIRMAN * Biotechnology meets MAD MAX meets THE PLAYER * 'Enthralling and subversive' SF Commentary * 'The world must and will develop into what Sterlling has predicted' Science Fiction Age