Peripheral

#1 Jackpot Trilogy

William Gibson

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Penguin
29 July 2015

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Science fiction; Science; Contemporary Sci-Fi

Series: Jackpot

Drones, murder and a time-travelling crime - a thrilling return to science fiction from the bestselling author of Neuromancer

Flynne Fisher lives in rural near-future America where jobs are scarce and veterans from the wars are finding it hard to recover. She scrapes a living doing some freelance online game-playing, participating in some pretty weird stuff. Wilf Netherton lives in London, seventy-some years later, on the far side of decades of slow-motion apocalypse. Things though are good for the haves, and there aren't many have-nots left. Flynne and Wilf are about to meet one another. Her world will be altered utterly, and Wilf's, for all its decadence and power, will learn that some of these third-world types from the distant past can be real badass.

By: William Gibson
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 341g
ISBN: 9780241961001
ISBN 10: 0241961009
Series: Jackpot
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 29 July 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Gibson's first novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide. Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive completed his first trilogy. He has since written six further novels, moving gradually away from science fiction and futuristic work, instead writing about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His most recent novels are Pattern Recognition, Spook Country and Zero History, his non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavor, compiles assorted writings and journalism from across his career.

Reviews for Peripheral (#1 Jackpot Trilogy)

Superb . . . frantic with imagination and frantic with the appetite to see what happens next -- Ned Beauman, Observer What a glorious ride! Like the woman said: brain 'splode -- Sam Leith * Guardian *