2 copies of Distraction by Bruce Sterling available for swapping (see below). Click the 'Swap with this member' link to swap.
Politics is the art of the possible, the "doable", as Sterling's skewed hero, Oscar Valparaiso, keeps calling his wild improvised plans as if saying the word made them so. Oscar's usually successful schemes are as cobbled together as his own genetics--Oscar is not quite human. Investigating a genetic research facility for a Senate committee, he finds a potential power base, and an enemy worth his attention--the Governor of Louisiana has taken to conquering federal facilities using gangs of the homeless as his deniable mercenaries, and his interest in biotech makes the genetically anomalous Oscar, and the scientist he has fallen for, attractive acquisitions. Having a senator he has just help get elected go stark raving mad, and finding himself on the Net-wide hit list of every nut with a grudge, are the sort of things that Oscar copes with all the time--love and other altered states of consciousness are a bit more of a problem. Endless witty extrapolations of social and scientific ... read more
User: acgillib User Rating: (Rated by 20 users) Last logged-in: 14/07/2010
Date added: 02/07/2010 Edition: Gollancz 2000
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Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
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User: insomniacity User Rating: (Rated by 11 users) Last logged-in: 25/07/2010
Date added: 10/07/2008 Edition: Bantam USA 1999
User Description: Some pen marks on top side of book, slight yellowing, but otherwise in great condition.
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