They call Verity 'the app-whisperer,' and she's just been hired by a shadowy start-up to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called Eunice. Only Eunice has other ideas.
Pretty soon, Verity knows that Eunice is smarter than anyone she's ever met, conceals some serious capabilities and is profoundly paranoid - which is just as well since suddenly some bad people are after Verity.
Meanwhile, in a post-apocalyptic London a century from now, PR fixer Wilf Netherton is tasked by all-seeing policewoman Ainsley Lowbeer with interfering in the alternative past in which Verity and Eunice exist. It appears something nasty is about to happen there - and fixing it will require not only
Pretty soon, Verity knows that Eunice is smarter than anyone she's ever met, conceals some serious capabilities and is profoundly paranoid - which is just as well since suddenly some bad people are after Verity.
Meanwhile, in a post-apocalyptic London a century from now, PR fixer Wilf Netherton is tasked by all-seeing policewoman Ainsley Lowbeer with interfering in the alternative past in which Verity and Eunice exist. It appears something nasty is about to happen there - and fixing it will require not only
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Pretty soon, Verity knows that Eunice is smarter than anyone she's ever met, conceals some serious capabilities and is profoundly paranoid - which is just as well since suddenly some bad people are after Verity.
Meanwhile, in a post-apocalyptic London a century from now, PR fixer Wilf Netherton is tasked by all-seeing policewoman Ainsley Lowbeer with interfering in the alternative past in which Verity and Eunice exist. It appears something nasty is about to happen there - and fixing it will require not only Eunice's unique human-AI skillset but also a little help from the future.
A future which Verity soon fears may never be . . .
- Тип обложки Мягкий переплёт
- Количество страниц 404
- Вес, г 509
- Размер 3x15.3x23.2
- Издательство Penguin Books
- Год издания 2020
- ISBN 978-0-24-123722-9, 978-0-241-23722-9
- ID товара 2812373
- Жанры Фантастика
- Тематика Близкое будущее, Технологии будущего, Виртуальная реальность
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Ничего раньше у Гибсона не читала, и моё внимание изначально привлекло красивое оформление и многообещающая аннотация. К сожалению, книга не произвела на меня большого впечатления: Гибсон, конечно, создаёт очень яркие образы и интересных персонажей, но конкретно здесь мне не хватило динамики в истории. О персонажах много рассказывается, но сами они чего-то значимого по сюжету не делают. Возможно, такая проблема только в этой книге.
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