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Agent Cormac #1
Gridlinked
Gridlinked is a science fiction adventure in the classic, fast-paced, action-packed tradition of Harry Harrison and Poul Anderson, with a dash of cyberpunk and a splash of Ian Fleming added to spice the mix.
Cormac is a legendary Earth Central Security agent, the James Bond of a wealthy future where "runcibles" (matter transmitters controlled by AIs) allow interstellar travel in an eye blink throughout the settled worlds of the Polity. Unfortunately Cormac is nearly burnt out, "gridlinked" to the AI net so long that his humanity has begun to drain away. He has to take the cold-turkey cure and shake his addiction to having his brain on the net.
Now he must do without just as he's sent to investigate the unique runcible disaster that's wiped out the entire human colony on planet Samarkand in a thirty-megaton explosion. With the runcible out, Cormac must get there by ship, but he has incurred the wrath of a vicious psychopath called Arian Pelter, who now follows him across the galaxy with a terrifying psychotic killer android in tow. And deep beneath Samarkand's surface there are buried mysteries, fiercely guarded.
This is fast-moving, edge-of-the-seat entertainment, and a great introduction to the work of one of the most exciting new SF talents in years.
Cormac is a legendary Earth Central Security agent, the James Bond of a wealthy future where "runcibles" (matter transmitters controlled by AIs) allow interstellar travel in an eye blink throughout the settled worlds of the Polity. Unfortunately Cormac is nearly burnt out, "gridlinked" to the AI net so long that his humanity has begun to drain away. He has to take the cold-turkey cure and shake his addiction to having his brain on the net.
Now he must do without just as he's sent to investigate the unique runcible disaster that's wiped out the entire human colony on planet Samarkand in a thirty-megaton explosion. With the runcible out, Cormac must get there by ship, but he has incurred the wrath of a vicious psychopath called Arian Pelter, who now follows him across the galaxy with a terrifying psychotic killer android in tow. And deep beneath Samarkand's surface there are buried mysteries, fiercely guarded.
This is fast-moving, edge-of-the-seat entertainment, and a great introduction to the work of one of the most exciting new SF talents in years.
423 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 23, 2001
About the author
Neal Asher
131 books3,128 followersI’ve been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder. Now I write science fiction books, and am slowly getting over the feeling that someone is going to find me out, and can call myself a writer without wincing and ducking my head. As professions go, I prefer this one: I don’t have to clock-in, change my clothes after work, nor scrub sensitive parts of my body with detergent. I think I’ll hang around.
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July 31, 2013
Tady se už fantazie Neala Ashera začíná pořádně rozjíždět a na scéně se za mnohých efektů objevuje mimozemský a polobožský Drak v podobě čtyř šupinatých koulí o kilometrovém průměru. Už to stojí za to, a co teprve takový dvouapůlmetrový a mosazný Pan Jeřáb? Agent ZBC Cormac v plné síle a spolu s ním i všemocné UI Zemské centrály mají zkrátka co dělat, aby si s tím vším nějak poradili.
Je to slušný začátek série, která se dostává do pořádných obrátek v dalších dílech, na které hned teď jdu :)
Je to slušný začátek série, která se dostává do pořádných obrátek v dalších dílech, na které hned teď jdu :)
March 11, 2015
Dobře zpracované prostředí, na němž leží i důraz. Příběh fajn, postavy jsou v téhle sestavě asi nejslabším momentem - hůře uvěřitelné, psychologicky nejasné, nicméně přesto pořád zajímavé. Některé závěry v knize neuspokojivé, ale dohromady se to četlo hezky a jako oddechový kyberpunk to určitě za čtení stojí.
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