Infoquake: v. 1: The Jump 225 Trilogy (Paperback)

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"It is a brisk, well-told science fiction adventure set in the normally unadventurous world of business...a simple old-fashioned story, where incident crowds onto incident, where jeopardy makes us hold our breath and rabbits are pulled from the hat only at the very last moment. So in the end the melodrama keeps us reading and awaiting with some interest the next volume in the trilogy." -- New York Review of Science Fiction, Vol. 19, No. 5, # 221, January 2007. "Right off the bat, let me just say that David Louis Edelman's Infoquake just might be one of the very best science fiction debuts I have ever read. The book deserves all the praise it has garnered, and then some! Only rarely will a debut author produce the sort of work which habitually comes from celebrated veterans...Edelman brings a fresh vision to "old" ideas and cliches, which makes Infoquake something special...The worldbuilding is another enthralling facet of this novel...The author has created a richly detailed universe...Ambitious, vast in scope, with a deftly executed plot and impeccable prose from start to finish, David Louis Edelman's Infoquake is a fascinating read. 2006 was one of the best years in memory in terms of impressive speculative fiction debuts. Had I read it when it was originally released, Infoquake would have trumped Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora, Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon, Brian Ruckley's Winterbirth, and Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself." -- Pat's Fantasy Hotlist, May 7, 2008. "...a well-wrought, propulsive, and consistently readable book...a well-told, entertaining, and thought-provoking first novel. A solid start. Edelman's just might be a name to watch." -- Andromeda Spaceways, August 12, 2008. "Infoquake provides us not only with a good, well-thought narrative, with convincing dialogue and characters. Edelman manages to create realistic figures almost to the point of melodrama, but keeping a balance so they have internal coherence, filled with purpose but being at the same time contradictory in their choices and actions - Infoquake and MultiReal are very refreshing novels. In Infoquake and MultiReal, Edelman has strived for a well-thought, really thorough examination of politics and society of the universe he created. A good writer can do no less when setting out to do something in that level." --Post-Weird Thoughts blog, January 6, 2009

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How far should you go to make a profit? "Infoquake", the debut novel by David Louis Edelman, takes speculative fiction into alien territory: the corporate boardroom of the far future. It's a stunning trip through the trenches of a technological war fought with product demos, press releases, and sales pitches. Natch is a master of bio/logics, the programming of the human body. He's clawed and scraped his way to the top of the bio/logics market using little more than his wits. Now his sudden notoriety has brought him to the attention of Margaret Surina, the owner of a mysterious new technology called MultiReal. Only by enlisting Natch's devious mind can Margaret keep MultiReal out of the hands of High Executive Len Borda and his ruthless armies. To fend off the intricate net of enemies closing in around him, Natch and his apprentices must accomplish the impossible. They must understand this strange new technology, run through the product development cycle, and prepare MultiReal for release to the public - all in three days. Meanwhile, hanging over everything is the spectre of the infoquake, a lethal burst of energy that's disrupting the bio/logic networks and threatening to send the world crashing back into the Dark Ages. With "Infoquake", David Louis Edelman has created a fully detailed world that's both as imaginative as Dune and as real as today's "Wall Street Journal".

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent debut , 11 Aug 2008 By  A. J. Sudworth "tonysudworth" (UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)       This review is from: Infoquake (Jump 225 Trilogy) (Paperback) This a book that reminds me of the buzz that I got from Nuromancer all those years ago. Infoquake creates a world that has technology literally built into people. Where sub programs are available on demand to enhance normal bodily functions (although this wasn't pushed as far as it might..!) It also sets up a society where the first brushes with AI technology led to a disasterous war and one that scarred Earth for many years. Into this mix you have a 'hero' called Natch who seems angry at everyone, treats his staff like dirt and wants to make money and be top of the programming ratings (Primo) so bad he can taste it. In this he is similar to Case in 'Neuromancer' who was definately not your squeakly clean hero.. But the technology really just sets up the story, because this is all about over throwing the establishment and changing society Its a great read and I only gave it 4 stars because its can't be a good as the hype and I think that Richard Morgans 'Altered Carbon' was the best debut in the last 10 years Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   3 of 4 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Neuromancer meets Bill Gates meets Linux, 13 May 2007 By  SHM - See all my reviews Infoquake will win an award this year, it must because Edelman has created a very plausible future, where holographic internets, politics, programming and marketing all meet at the start of a brilliant and exciting trilogy. I'm really looking forward to the next installment. Creating a new take on future tech isn't easy after Neal Stephenson and especially William Gibson. Only a few brilliant authors manage this plausibly, Charles Stross in Accelerando, Cory Doctorow in I, Robot and I, Rowboat and Peter F Hamilton in The Reality Dysfunction and the following novels in that series. Edelman succeeds in keeping the reader from reality in that going to work or eating are put aside so you can turn just one more page. In this regard it's probably good holiday reading hehe. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 2 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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