| Glasshouse Contributor(s): Stross, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0441015085 ISBN-13: 9780441015085 Publisher: Ace Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: In the 27th century, interstellar travel is by teleport gates, and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees' personalities. On the run from an unknown enemy, the memory-less Robin volunteers to participate in a unique experimental civil order--a decision that places him at the mercy of the experimenters and his own unbalanced psyche. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction - Fiction | Dystopian |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 4.2" W x 6.7" (0.45 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "ONE NIGHTMARISH PANOPTICON." - The New York Times When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn't take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him. It's the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees' personalities--including Robin's earlier self. On the run from a ruthless pursuer and searching for a place to hide, he volunteers to participate in a unique experimental polity: the Glasshouse, a simulated pre-accelerated culture where participants are assigned anonymized identities. But what looks like the perfect sanctuary turns into a trap, placing Robin at the mercy of the experimenters--and at the mercy of his own unbalanced psyche... |