Ebook {Epub PDF} The Zenith Angle by Bruce Sterling

Zenith Angle is a ho-hum thriller in the Tom Clancy spy-novel with realistic techonology mould. It's by longtime SF writer Bruce Sterling and it's about the most mild 'thriller' you can imagine, with some of the least believable characters this side of reality TV. At least the book is short, with big type/5(45).  · Bruce Sterling's new novel, The Zenith Angle, tells the story of Derek "Van" Vandeveer, a computer wizard pressed into serving the nation as professional information warrior. As always, Bruce draws on events both real and virtually so to develop his story. From a storytelling standpoint, The Zenith Angle is a cracking thriller about which I have only routine quibbles. Van becomes a sympathetic hero as Sterling takes the time to explore feelings of failure and futility that plague him in the wake of numerous life changes brought on by 9/

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, über-geek idealism, and the politics of Homeland Insecurity."—William Gibson, author of Pattern Recognition. Zenith Angle is a ho-hum thriller in the Tom Clancy spy-novel with realistic techonology mould. It's by longtime SF writer Bruce Sterling and it's about the most mild 'thriller' you can imagine, with some of the least believable characters this side of reality TV. At least the book is short, with big type. The Zenith Angle by Bruce Sterling, Del Rey/Random House, dollar;, ISBN Reviewed by David Langford LIKE his friend William Gibson with Pattern Recognition, Bruce Sterling here.

The Zenith Angle is a science fiction novel by American writer Bruce Sterling, first published in , about a pioneering expert in computer and network security with a traditional hacker personality named Derek Vandeveer. His life irrevocably changes after the Septem attacks on the World Trade Center. In "The Zenith Angle", Sterling mixes cyberpunk, politics, irony and suspense to provide a satiric look at the high-tech security industry after 9/ After witnessing the Twin Towers destruction on his TV at breakfast, Dr. Derek “Van” Vandeveer gives up his high-paying www.doorway.ru job to help the government plug the nation's most serious computer security leaks. [(The Zenith Angle)] [by: Bruce Sterling] [Bruce Sterling] on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. [(The Zenith Angle)] [by: Bruce Sterling].