2050. The planet is ruled by a supra-national government whose surveillance systems delve into every aspect of individuals' lives. The internet has become the opium of the masses, and technology now threatens to enslave it. Only a few amoral renegades - the Blanks - manage to duck the system and play it for all they can get.
Robert Dowell has been fascinated by science fiction and the wonders and dangers of technology since he was a child and takes his inspiration from mid-20th-century writers such as Eric Frank Russell, Robert Silverberg and Robert A. Heinlein. He has worked in the IT industry for more than twenty years and has recently set up his own photographic and design company. The Lazarus Principle is the first fruit of a long-held ambition to create a fully realized science-fiction world that explores his thoughts and beliefs about technology, humanity and God. He is currently working on the second volume in the trilogy.
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Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Signed by author with dedication. Good DJ with with some edge wear. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9999-9993220660
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Condición: Fine. small tear in the spine of the jacket. Content is fine. Nº de ref. del artículo: 019926-4
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Librería: Gemini-Books, Shrewsbury, Reino Unido
First edition, first print. Hardback. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. SIGNED by the author to the title page, without dedication, and dated 6th December 2008. 410pp. Jacket fitted with a new removable clear. Nº de ref. del artículo: 37189
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Simon, Robert Dowell 1st July 2008'. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£17.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 410pp. 2050: The planet is ruled by an oppressive supra national government whose surveillance systems delve into every aspect of individuals' lives. The internet has become the opiate of the masses, and technology, once the liberator of humanity, now threatens to enslave it. Only a few amoral renegades, the Blanks, manage to duck the system and play it for all they can get. Robert and Carol are two seasoned hackers, determined to get revenge on a society that has left them out in the cold. When they penetrate a high-security system, however, they find themselves the targets of a ruthless extra governmental organization named the SIA, which will stop at nothing to protect the interests of the powers that be. In the race to elude his hunters, Robert barters for what he believes to be the latest piece of technological wizardry, only to become embroiled in an even greater conflict that straddles not only the digital and physical worlds but also the past, present and future. Boldly imagined and thrillingly written 'The Lazarus Principle' takes us on a roller-coaster ride through a dystopian world whose frailties and anxieties disturbingly echo our own. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s). Nº de ref. del artículo: 011113
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