The Zenith Angle

The Zenith AngleBy: Bruce Sterling Gleeful, shrewd, speculative, cynical, closely observed . . . The Zenith Angle offers wisdom and solace, thrills and laughter.The Washington Post Compelling and important . . . A darkly comic fable of info war, the black budget, ber geek idealism, and the politics of Homeland Insecurity.William Gibson, author of Pattern Recognition Pioneering computer wizard Derek Van Vandeveer has been living extra large as a VP for a booming

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who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen

Everyone knows it can be hard learning good manners

the poems of Musical Tables show one of our greatest poets channeling his unique voice into a new phase of his exceptional career

He probes the sources of Lincoln’s moral and political philosophy and uses his groundbreaking research to cut through the myth and expose the man behind it

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two mercenaries find themselves pulled into fighting alongside the Inquisition against eldritch horrors from the Fade and monstrous soldiers corrupted by red lyrium

receiving red envelopes from Grandma and Grandpa

But Dave also has a few tricks up his sleeve that remind Mira―and all of us―that friendship is more important than conquering any quest

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she is forced to decide who and what she’s willing to stand up for