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Sci-fi

Islands in the Net

by Bruce Sterling
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Description

In the high-tech twenty-first century, a family of "corporate associates" descends into an underworld of data pirates and bootleg biogenetics to discover the identity of new-order terrorists.

What it’s like

ThemeMilitary Sci-FiNear-Future

Awards

1 win
WinnerJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1989FinalistHugo Award for Best Novel1989FinalistLocus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1989

Details

First published
1977
Pages
448
Reading time
About 9 hours
Format
Novel
Publisher
Century Hutchinson
Language
English

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