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The Peripheral: Now a major new TV series with Amazon Prime

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Peripheral: Now a major new TV series with Amazon Prime
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Gibson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:496
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780241961001
ClassificationsDewey:813.6
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
NZ Release Date 22 March 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Drones, murder and a time-travelling crime - a thrilling return to science fiction from the bestselling author of Neuromancer Flynne Fisher lives in rural near-future America where jobs are scarce and veterans from the wars are finding it hard to recover. She scrapes a living doing some freelance online game-playing, participating in some pretty weird stuff. Wilf Netherton lives in London, seventy-some years later, on the far side of decades of slow-motion apocalypse. Things though are good for the haves, and there aren't many have-nots left. Flynne and Wilf are about to meet one another. Her world will be altered utterly, and Wilf's, for all its decadence and power, will learn that some of these third-world types from the distant past can be real badass.

Author Biography

William Gibson is credited with having coined the term "cyberspace" and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. His first novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide, and Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive completed the trilogy. He has written six further novels about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His most recent novels include Spook Country, Zero History and The Peripheral. His non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavour, compiles assorted writings and journalism from across his career.

Reviews

Superb . . . frantic with imagination and frantic with the appetite to see what happens next -- Ned Beauman, Observer What a glorious ride! Like the woman said: brain 'splode -- Sam Leith * Guardian *