- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Bantam USA; Reissue edition (1 Jan 1920)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 055357292X
- ISBN-13: 978-0553572926
- Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 0.4 x 15 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,894,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Bruce Sterling, one of the founding fathers of the cyberpunk genre, now presents a novel of vivid imagination and invention that proves his talent for creating brilliant speculative fiction is sharper than ever. Forty years from now, Earth's climate has been drastically changed by the greenhouse effect. Tornadoes of almost unimaginable force roam the open spaces of Texas. And on their trail are the Storm Troupers: a ragtag band of computer experts and atmospheric scientists who live to hack heavy weather -- to document it and spread the information as far as the digital networks will stretch, using virtual reality to explore the eye of the storm. Although it's incredibly addictive, this is no game. The Troupers' computer models suggest that soon an "F-6" will strike -- a tornado of an intensity that exceeds any existing scale; a storm so devastating that it may never stop. And they're going to be there when all hell breaks loose.
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Bruce Sterling burst onto the SF scene with the birth of Cyberpunk and co-authored THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE with his colleague William Gibson. His biggest UK success was with THE HACKER CRACKDOWN. He lives with his wife and daughters in Austin, Texas.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When this was published, movies like Twister were on the rounds, "extreme weather" seemed to be on the tv science programs - and Bruce timed this one just right. It's a rattling good read, well up to his usual standard, and sits very well on my bookshelf next to John Barnes' "Mother of Storms"
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am one of those people who tends to pick books off shelves if they've got a interested title or cool cover (Shallow i know, please forgive!) "Heavy weather" was one of these, but boy was it a good choice, A plot set in a possible future, engaging characters, and an interesting pace of events, stopped me from put it down, some books take me ages to plod thorough, But i can happily say "Heavy weather" was not heavy going! I can see this story easily going into a film script format, which i would definitely pay good money to see!
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Before we start, I'll just say that I really enjoyed this book, and will read it again. The world feels believable, the characters are interesting and interestingly flawed, and there are plenty of things to keep your interest. My only complaint with it is that the ending feels badly disjointed and out of tone with the rest of the book, as though an editor had said 'I think we've had enough downbeat, eco-apocalyptic grim reality. Why don't you give it a nice happy ending?'
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