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by Charles Stross (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit (2 Jul 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841497711
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841497716
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.4 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,938 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A great read, and a fascinating look at the future of security in a massively networked world.' Bruce Schneier, CTO, BT Counterpane 'The first couple of pages had me hooked, and I didn't touch another book until I finished it.' John Carmack, Technical Director, iD Software and creator of Doom and Quake 'As keenly observant of our emergent society as it is our emergent technologies, Halting State is one extremely smart species of fun.' William Gibson


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It has been said that the natural state of science fiction is the short story. If that is so, you won't find a better exploration of that state than Charles Stross's new collection. Centred around an original and previously unpublished novella, 'Palimpsest', WIRELESS is a showcase of some of the best short SF of the 21st century. With an introduction from the author and containing hitherto uncollected works such as 'Missile Gap', 'Trunk and Disorderly' and 'Rogue Farm', and some gems previously available only in small press publications, such as 'A Colder War' and 'Antibodies', WIRELESS will illustrate perfectly why award-winning editor and anthologist, Gardner Dozois, once declared: 'Where Charles Stross goes today, the rest of science fiction will follow tomorrow.'
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5.0 out of 5 stars Food for thought, 27 Jul 2009
By D. A. Harris "davidharris52" (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews
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With a Charles Stross book, you always get more than you expect. With a collection of his short stories, I think that's even more true. Although some of the stories in this book have appeared elsewhere, it's still, word for word, excellent value. The stories range across themes - from Cold War metaphors and ideas in Missile gap and A Colder War, with some prefiguring of Stross's later Laundry stories, which are my personal favourites from his extensive output and others exploring wider themes. Best of all, I think, is the longer story Palimpset, which perhaps has that classically Strossian "what the blazes is going on?" atmosphere to a greater degree than the rest - perhaps because it is longer: the brew takes a little time and space to develop, maybe?

Overall - excellent.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Receiving loud and clear, 7 Jul 2009
By Dawn Pickles "friend of freya" (Eskdale, Cumbria, UK) - See all my reviews
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Charlie Stross tells us in his introduction that short stories allow a faster feedback from the public than the protracted timescales involved in a novel, so here's mine. Although I have read some of these stories before, I really enjoyed having them all together in this anthology along with new stories such as Palimpsest. The usual Stross trademarks are all there - wit, intelligence and ideas that can make your head spin - all packed down tight into little nuggets of pure story. Fans of The Laundry books along with all those who just enjoy his highly intelligent writing will not be disappointed. So, Charlie, message received loud and clear and yes, we're out there!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to Charles Stross, 16 Jul 2009
By Paul Marshall (UK) - See all my reviews
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I'm a massive fan of Charles Stross after discovering his wonderful two 'Laundry' novels 'The Atrocity Archive' and 'The Jennifer Morgue' where mathematicians and computer geeks are employed by the British Civil Service have to play James Bond against Lovecraftian occult threats to the state.

Repeatedly Stross throws out ideas that can leave your head spinning, such as in 'Accelerando' with its depiction of technological singularities.

Here we have all sorts. There's a Laundry short story, a post-human version of Jeeves and Wooster set on Mars, American hackers fighting a ban on the free use of the Internet and one of his best ever stories, 'A Colder War' where the American/Russian proxy war in Afghanistan is somewhat complicated by the USSR's use of shoggoths and the Iraqi's determination to unleash Yog-Sothoth.

This book is a great place to start for one of the UK's most talented and entertaining SF writers.
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3.0 out of 5 stars OK
Unfortunately I cannot really elaborate too much more on this. The short stories were "OK". Interesting writing style, but made it a little hard to really immerse yourself in... Read more
Published 2 months ago by A. G. Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Palimpsest on its own would be worth it
Stross rewrites a time travel trope and does so brilliantly.

Bought it, loved it. Reread it, it hadn't changed.
Published 2 months ago by Dr. A. K. Midgley

4.0 out of 5 stars Back to his best
A selection of a number of Stoss' best short stories written over a number of years allowing you to see why this author has become a firm fan favourite over the years. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Gareth Wilson

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