Halting State
by Charles Stross
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Author: Charles StrossEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-02
ISBN: 0441014984
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
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Book Review: My short $.02
Summary: 3 Stars
This is not a standalone review, just an addition to one you've already read. While it's a good book, it's certainly not a breakthrough concept like the publisher makes it out to be. There's been quite a few books about life in the digital age, and even a couple about crime in the digital world spilling over into the meat world. It's a pleasant read, certainly I was able to put it down when necessary, for instance, once Hereo's Season 2 showed up, I stopped reading and watched that. Good, but not great. A reader, but not a library addition unless you're a fan.
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In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. A daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates, a dot-com startup company that's just been floated on the London stock exchange. The suspects are a band of marauding orcs, with a dragon in tow for fire support, and the bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four. For Smith, the investigation seems pointless. But she soon realizes that the virtual world may have a devastating effect in the real one-and that someone is about to launch an attack upon both...Police Procedurals Books
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