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Zero History

By William Gibson

By William Gibson

By William Gibson

By William Gibson

By William Gibson
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By William Gibson
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Paperback $17.00

Aug 02, 2011 | ISBN 9780425240779

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Sep 07, 2010 | ISBN 9781101443316

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Sep 07, 2010 | 791 Minutes

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    About Zero History

    Hollis Henry never intended to work for global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend again. But now she’s broke, and Bigend has just the thing to get her back in the game…
     
    Milgrim can disappear in almost any setting, and his Russian is perfectly idiomatic—so much so that he spoke it with his therapist in the secret Swiss clinic where Bigend paid for him to be cured of his addiction…
     
    Garreth doesn’t owe Bigend a thing. But he does have friends from whom he can call in the kinds of favors powerful people need when things go sideways…
     
    They all have something Bigend wants as he finds himself outmaneuvered and adrift, after a Department of Defense contract for combat-wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers so shadowy they can out-Bigend Bigend himself.

    “Zero History is [Gibson’s] best yet, a triumph of science fiction as social criticism and adventure.”—BoingBoing.net

    About Zero History

    Hollis Henry never intended to work for global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend again. But now she’s broke, and Bigend has just the thing to get her back in the game…
     
    Milgrim can disappear in almost any setting, and his Russian is perfectly idiomatic—so much so that he spoke it with his therapist in the secret Swiss clinic where Bigend paid for him to be cured of his addiction…
     
    Garreth doesn’t owe Bigend a thing. But he does have friends from whom he can call in the kinds of favors powerful people need when things go sideways…
     
    They all have something Bigend wants as he finds himself outmaneuvered and adrift, after a Department of Defense contract for combat-wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers so shadowy they can out-Bigend Bigend himself.

    “Zero History is [Gibson’s] best yet, a triumph of science fiction as social criticism and adventure.”—BoingBoing.net

    About Zero History

    The iconic visionary returns with his first new novel since the New York Times bestseller Spook Country.

    Whatever you do, because you are an artist, will bring you to the next thing of your own…

    When she sang for The Curfew, Hollis Henry’s face was known worldwide. She still runs into people who remember the poster. Unfortunately, in the post-crash economy, cult memorabilia doesn’t pay the rent, and right now she’s a journalist in need of a job. The last person she wants to work for is Hubertus Bigend, twisted genius of global marketing; but there’s no way to tell an entity like Bigend that you want nothing more to do with him. That simply brings you more firmly to his attention.

    Milgrim is clean, drug-free for the first time in a decade. It took eight months in a clinic in Basel. Fifteen complete changes of his blood. Bigend paid for all that. Milgrim’s idiomatic Russian is superb, and he notices things. Meanwhile no one notices Milgrim. That makes him worth every penny, though it cost Bigend more than his cartel-grade custom-armored truck.

    The culture of the military has trickled down to the street- Bigend knows that, and he’ll find a way to take a cut. What surprises him though is that someone else seems to be on top of that situation in a way that Bigend associates only with himself. Bigend loves staring into the abyss of the global market; he’s just not used to it staring back.

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    About William Gibson

    William Gibson is credited with having coined the term “cyberspace” and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. He is the author of Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Burning Chrome, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow’s Parties,… More about William Gibson

    About William Gibson

    William Gibson is credited with having coined the term “cyberspace” and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. He is the author of Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Burning Chrome, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow’s Parties,… More about William Gibson

    About William Gibson

    William Gibson is credited with having coined the term “cyberspace” and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. He is the author of Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Burning Chrome, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow’s Parties,… More about William Gibson

    Product Details

    Category: Science Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Berkley
    Aug 02, 2011 | 432 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780425240779

    Category: Science Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Berkley
    Sep 07, 2010 | 544 Pages | ISBN 9781101443316

    Category: Science Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Sep 07, 2010 | 791 Minutes | ISBN 9781101436769

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    Praise

    “[Gibson] weaves an unnerving tapestry of technology, violence and anxiety.”—The Daily Telegraph (London)

    “Fascinating.”—The Seattle Times

    “Uncanny.”—San Antonio Express-News

    “Brilliant, entertaining, and bittersweet.”—io9 

    “Zero History is another smartly scouted roadmap of alternate routes through today’s global culture, as powered by what a friend of mine used to call the military-industrial-greeting-card complex. It’s a world where cool is king, but also the key to power—and the future.”—Milwaukee Sentinel Journal

    “What matters [about Zero History] are the highly textured, brilliantly evocative prose and the stunning insights Gibson offers into what we perceive as the present moment—the implication being, per the title, that’s all we have left. Unsettling and memorable.”—Kirkus Reviews
     

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