Eastern Standard Tribe - Softcover

Doctorow, Cory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765310457 ISBN 13: 9780765310453

Verlag: Tor Trade, 2005

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Book by Doctorow Cory

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"Artful and confident...Like William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, Doctorow has discovered that the present world is science fiction, if you look at it from the right angle." --Vancouver Sun

"Doctorow lives up to the promise of his first novel...This short novel's occasionally bitter, sometimes hilarious and always wackily appealing protagonist consistently skewers those evils of modern culture he holds most pernicious." --Publishers Weekly

"Bravura...Cory Doctorow writes fast and furiously, the words gushing out of him in a stream of metaphor and imagery that keeps you glued to his futurist tales. You're going to hear a lot more from this guy." --Toronto Now

"Immediately accessible...Doctorow maintains an unrelenting pace; many readers will find themselves finishing the novel, as I did, in a single sitting." --Toronto Star

"As in Down and Out, Doctorow shows here that he's got the modern world, in all its Googled, Friendstered and PDA-d glory, completely sussed." --Kirkus Reviews

"At its heart, Tribe is a witty, sometimes acerbic poke in the eye at modern culture. Everything comes under Doctorow's microscope, and he manages to be both up to date and off the cuff in the best possible way." --Locus

"Doctorow peppers his novel with technology so palpable you want to order it up on the web. You'll probably get the chance. But technology is not the point here. What is unexpected, shocking even, is how smart Doctorow is when it comes to the human heart, and how well he's able to articulate it....He seems smart because he makes the reader feel smart. When Doctorow talks, when Art argues, we just get it. There's nothing between the language and the meaning. The prose is funny, simple and straightforward. This is a no-BS book." --NPR

"Utterly contemporary and deeply peculiar--a hard combination to beat (or, these days, to find)." --William Gibson, author of Neuromancer

"I know many science fiction writers engaged in the cyber-world, but Cory Doctorow is a native...We should all hope and trust that our culture has the guts and moxie to follow this guy. He's got a lot to tell us." --Bruce Sterling

"Cory Doctorow is just far enough ahead of the game to give you the authentic chill of the future...Funny as hell and sharp as steel." --Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan

"Cory Doctorow knocks me out. In a good way." --Pat Cadigan, author of Synners

"Cory Doctorow is the most interesting new SF writer I've come across in years. He starts out at the point where older SF writers' speculations end." --Rudy Rucker, author of Spaceland

"Cory Doctorow doesn't just write about the future--I think he lives there" --Kelly Link

"Bravura...Cory Doctorow writes fast and furiously, the words gushing out of him in a stream of metaphor and imagery that keeps you glued to his futurist tales." --Toronto Now on Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Reseña del editor:

Art, a member of the Eastern Standard Tribe--a secret society bound together according to their sleep schedule, communicating via encrypted instant messaging and secret protocols, and sharing a love of Manhattan-style bagels--finds himself incarcerated in the nut-house, thanks to a cabal of his friends and family, who are masquerading as management consultants. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Tor Trade
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0765310457
• ISBN 13: 9780765310453
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 232