| The Rapture of the Nerds: A Tale of the Singularity, Posthumanity, and Awkward Social Situations Contributor(s): Doctorow, Cory (Author), Stross, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765329115 ISBN-13: 9780765329110 Publisher: Tor Books OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.61" W x 8.23" (0.66 lbs) 349 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Stross, Charles: - Charles Stross is the author of the bestselling Merchant Princes series, the Laundry series, and several stand-alone novels including Glasshouse, Accelerando, and Saturn's Children. Born in Leeds, England, in 1964, Stross studied in London and Bradford, earning degrees in pharmacy and computer science. Over the next decade and a half he worked as a pharmacist, a technical writer, a software engineer, and eventually as a prolific journalist covering the IT industry. His short fiction began attracting wide attention in the late 1990s; his first novel, Singularity Sky, appeared in 2003. He has subsequently won the Hugo Award twice. He lives with his wife in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a flat that is slightly older than the state of Texas.Doctorow, Cory: - Canadian-born Cory Doctorow is the author of the New York Times bestselling young adult novel Little Brother, and the co-editor of the popular blog BoingBoing. His other YA novels include Pirate Cinema and Homeland (2013), the sequel to Little Brother. His adult novels and short stories have won him three Locus Awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He has been named one of the Web's twenty-five "influencers" by Forbes Magazine and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He lives in London with his wife and daughter. |