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19%OFFMatthew De Abaitua - The Destructives - 9780857664747 - V9780857664747
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The Destructives

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Description for The Destructives Paperback. The breathtaking new novel from the author of acclaimed If Then. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 43. Weight in Grams: 368.
Theodore Drown is adestructive. A recovering addict to weirdcore, he's keeping his head downlecturing at the university of the moon. Twenty years after the appearanceof the first artificial intelligence, and humanity is stuck. The AIs or, asthey preferred to be called, emergences have left Earth and reside beyond theorbit of Mercury in a Stapledon Sphere known as the university of the sun. Theemergences were our future but they chose exile. All except one. Dr Easyremains, researching a single human life from beginning to end. Theodore'slife.Oneday, Theodore is approached by freelance executive Patricia to investigate anarchive of data retrieved from just ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Angry Robot
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857664747
SKU
V9780857664747
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About Matthew De Abaitua
Matthew De Abaitua's novel The Red Men was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award and adapted into a short film `Dr Easy' by Shynola and produced by Film4/Warp Films.His science fiction novels IF THEN (Angry Robot, September 2015) and The Destructives (Angry Robot, 2016) complete the loose trilogy begun with The Red Men.His book Self & I: A Memoir ... Read more

Reviews for The Destructives
It's a work that doesn't so much subvert expectations as shatter them utterly. It's dense, but it also moves; it's both a breakneck thriller and one of the year's most thoughtful works of science fiction. - B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog; Matthew De Abaitua Has the knack of delivering the most complex of concepts and diabolical leaps of ... Read more

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