Ventus - Couverture souple

Schroeder, Karl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0812576357 ISBN 13 : 9780812576351

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2002

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Book by Schroeder Karl

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After terrifying and titanic struggles, a godlike artificial intelligence gone rogue has finally been destroyed. But not before it scattered seeds of itself throughout the galaxy. On the terraformed planet Ventus, benign AIs -- the godlike Winds – which shaped and guarded its transformation, have fallen silent. Calandria May is sent down to the surface where she quickly finds that an extension of the rogue AI, a cyborg called Armiger, has planted a strange and powerful device in a young man named Jordan Mason. Jordan has visions. He is desperate to find their meaning and source -- desperate enough to risk awakening the Winds, perhaps invoking the power that can destroy technology to protect the environment they created. Ventus is an epic journey across a fascinating planet with two big mysteries -- why have the Winds fallen silent? And is Armiger, or Jordan, carrying a Resurrection Seed?Karl Schroeder (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian author. He was born into the Mennonite community in Brandon, Manitoba, and now lives in Toronto with his wife and daughter. An author of far-future science fiction, Schroeder claims to present novel philosophical speculations in his work. One of his concepts, known as "thalience" has gained modest currency in the artificial intelligence and computer networking communities. His novels Ventus (2000), its prequel Lady of Mazes (2005), and the unrelated Permanence (2002) present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality and interstellar travel. Permanence won the Aurora Award in 2003 for Best Novel in English. Schroeder also wrote Sun of Suns: Book One of Virga, and co-wrote The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction with Cory Doctorow.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0812576357
• ISBN 13: 9780812576351
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 672