The Peripheral by William Gibson is a thrilling new novel about two intertwined futures,from the bestselling author of Neuromancer'Wild,richly satisfying...big-screen,popcorn-chewing thrills. What a glorious ride'GuardianIn 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 afuturistic but puzzlingly empty London,she sees a death that'sunnervingly vivid. Soon after she gets word that it isn't a game afterall - the future she saw is all too real,she's the only witness to amurder and someone from that unreal tomorrow now wants her dead.The story of a young woman caught between two worlds,The Peripheralinterweaves 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 SFnovelist but a social and psychological visionary. A wonderful additionto 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'SFXAccording to the Guardian,in terms of influence Gibson is'probably the most important novelist of the past two decades'. The Peripheral,which marks a return to the futurism of Neuromancer,will be adored by Gibson readers and will also appeal to fans of Ender's Game,Looper and Source Code.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241961001Number of pages: 496Weight: 341 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm
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Superb...frantic with imagination and frantic with the appetite to see what happens nextWhat a glorious ride! Like the woman said: brain'splode
William Gibson
One of the most creative and consistently acclaimed writers of modern speculative and science fiction and a pioneering proponent of cyberpunk,American-Canadian author William Gibson's novels include Neuromancer,Zero History and The Peripheral. His most recent novel is Agency,published in 2020.
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