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The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct.
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Epic, contemporary, relentless and grave.
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Stross
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Orbit, Ace Books, BIBLIOPOLIS
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780441014156
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First sentence
“Manfred's on the road again, making strangers rich.”
About Charles Stross · 1964
British science fiction writer and blogger
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