- Taschenbuch: 400 Seiten
- Verlag: Orbit (4. September 2008)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1841496650
- ISBN-13: 978-1841496658
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 10,8 x 3,2 x 18,1 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (9 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 247.227 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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A great read, and a fascinating look at the future of security in a massively networked world. Bruce Schneier, CTO, BT Counterpane The first couple of pages had me hooked, and I didn't touch another book until I finished it. John Carmack, Technical Director, iD Software and creator of Doom and Quake As keenly observant of our emergent society as it is our emergent technologies, Halting State is one extremely smart species of fun. William Gibson Charles Stross is the most spectacular science-fiction writer of recent years. In Halting State, he has written a near-future story that is at once over-the-top and compellingly believable. Vernor Vinge
Kurzbeschreibung
It was called in as a robbery at Hayek Associates, an online game company. So you can imagine Sergeant Sue Smith's mood as she watches the video footage of the heist being carried out by a band of orcs and a dragon, and realises that the robbery from an online game company is actually a robbery from an online game. Just wonderful. Like she has nothing better to do. But online entertainment is big business, and when the bodies of real people start to show up, it's clear that this is anything but a game. For Sue, computer coding expert Jack Reed, and forensic accountant Elaine Barnaby, the walls between the actual and the virtual are about to come crashing down. There is something very dangerous and very real going on at Hayek Associates, and those involved are playing for keeps. No cheats, no back doors, no extra lives - make a wrong call on this one and it's game over.
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Einleitungssatz
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This is propably the most entertaining, most hilarious, most ingenious and best thought out book I've read in a long time. Stross takes all the ideas, politics, technology, trends and subcultures of today's Information Society and projects them into the near future, painting a picture that I can't find a fault with.
On top of that, It is told in Stross's typical eloquent style and has a entertaining and captivating story, as well as ideas that give rise to epiphany even in the deeply immersed Programmer/Hacker/Science&Technology Geek :)
(And by the way, reading the book feels like playing a MUSH or TextAdventure)
To fully enjoy the full depth of the book however, I recommend at least a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, a healthy interest in new Technologies and their legislation for better or worse, at least one visit to the C3 and the reading of Glasshouse. ;->
Optionally you can also reread the book after consuming the above and have twice the fun :)
On top of that, It is told in Stross's typical eloquent style and has a entertaining and captivating story, as well as ideas that give rise to epiphany even in the deeply immersed Programmer/Hacker/Science&Technology Geek :)
(And by the way, reading the book feels like playing a MUSH or TextAdventure)
To fully enjoy the full depth of the book however, I recommend at least a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, a healthy interest in new Technologies and their legislation for better or worse, at least one visit to the C3 and the reading of Glasshouse. ;->
Optionally you can also reread the book after consuming the above and have twice the fun :)
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Set in Scotland in the near future, tremendous fun to read, satisfying conclusion, believable technology.
I have created a few memory leaks myself in the day job, but if you don't know the IT buzzwords you might have problems understanding some parts of the narrative.
The negative thing: this book is written in the second person, which is no doubt very hard to do, and is irritating to read. You have to refer to the chapter title to see whose turn it is. Mr. Stross, I will read more of your books if you stay in the third or first person.
I have created a few memory leaks myself in the day job, but if you don't know the IT buzzwords you might have problems understanding some parts of the narrative.
The negative thing: this book is written in the second person, which is no doubt very hard to do, and is irritating to read. You have to refer to the chapter title to see whose turn it is. Mr. Stross, I will read more of your books if you stay in the third or first person.
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I did read this book as a non-native speaker and I can say that it represents one of the best novels I have read for ages. As is stated by the other reviewer the setting depicts a possible near future. It takes place in a society shaped by informationtechnology and represents a mixture of a large variety of current developments and nicely includes the phenomenom of "MMORPGs".
Again as already mentioned by my fellow reviewer a certain understanding of computertech appears to be needed to fully enjoy the story.
The impact of this novel equals in my opinion that of William Gibson's pacemaking early work.
Again as already mentioned by my fellow reviewer a certain understanding of computertech appears to be needed to fully enjoy the story.
The impact of this novel equals in my opinion that of William Gibson's pacemaking early work.
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Die deutsche Übersetzung scheint dem Werk nicht gerecht zu werden. Ich wüsste auch nicht, wie man den ganzen schottischen Slang ins Deutsche übertragen sollte. Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 20 Monaten von Anonym veröffentlicht
Stross wird immer besser
Eines der besten Bücher von Charles Stross.
Das es in 2ter Person geschrieben wurde "You ... Lesen Sie weiter...
Das es in 2ter Person geschrieben wurde "You ... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 20 Monaten von H. S. veröffentlicht
Not worth the time and money
In the end it's just your average spy thriller: Somebody used a Quantum Processor and stolen intelligence to infiltrate every computer system in Scotland, and nobody but the hero... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Januar 2010 von sturmflut
Definitly worth reading
I am still in the process of reading the book but already I fear that I'll run out of pages soon. The whole story is believable and you certainly can try to identify with one of... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Januar 2010 von Mario Wolframm
Wer Gibson und Stephenson mag...
...wird dieses Buch lieben. Alle darin beschriebenen Sachen sind auch aus heutiger Sicht denkbar/machbar/absehbar. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. November 2009 von Jörg Marx
coole story, abgefahrener plot...
Es ist ein spannender SciFi-Roman, der einen in eine ferne Zukunft mitnimmt, die im Laufe der Geschichte immer weniger fern wirkt... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. September 2009 von socrates
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