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"The words brilliant and exemplary aren't adequate enough to convey
the amazing craft of "Lexicon."" --The Associated Press
Few books are greeted with rave reviews everywhere from "Time"
magazine and "Salon" to Boingboing and io9. Yet, Max Barry's
"Lexicon" is that rare thing: a thriller as high-octane as they
come, driven by a brilliant and original plot that connects very
modern questions of privacy and data collection to centuries-old
ideas about the power of language.
At an exclusive training school at an undisclosed location outside
Washington, D.C., students are taught to control minds, to wield
words as weapons. The very best graduate as "poets" and enter a
nameless organization of unknown purpose. Recruited off the street,
whip-smart Emily Ruff quickly learns the one key rule: never allow
another person to truly know you. Emily becomes the school's most
talented prodigy, until she makes the catastrophic mistake of
falling in love.
From the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and
Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about
a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the
woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own
reality. "I love you. In every world." Young real estate agent
Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these
words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to know far too much about
her, and professes his love - shortly before he murders her.
Felicity Staples hates reporting on murders. As a journalist for a
mid-size New York City paper, she knows she must take on the
assignment to research Madison May's shocking murder, but the crime
seems random and the suspect is in the wind. That is, until
Felicity spots the killer on the subway, right before he vanishes.
Soon, Felicity senses her entire universe has shifted. No one
remembers Madison May, or Felicity's encounter with the mysterious
man. And her cat is missing. Felicity realizes that in her pursuit
of Madison's killer, she followed him into a different dimension -
one where everything about her existence is slightly altered. At
first, she is determined to return to the reality she knows, but
when Madison May - in this world, a struggling actress - is
murdered again, Felicity decides she must find the killer - and
learns that she is not the only one hunting him. Traveling through
different realities, Felicity uncovers the opportunity - and danger
- of living more than one life.
From the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and
Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about
a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the
woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own
reality. "I love you. In every world." Young real estate agent
Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these
words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to know far too much about
her, and professes his love - shortly before he murders her.
Felicity Staples hates reporting on murders. As a journalist for a
mid-size New York City paper, she knows she must take on the
assignment to research Madison May's shocking murder, but the crime
seems random and the suspect is in the wind. That is, until
Felicity spots the killer on the subway, right before he vanishes.
Soon, Felicity senses her entire universe has shifted. No one
remembers Madison May, or Felicity's encounter with the mysterious
man. And her cat is missing. Felicity realizes that in her pursuit
of Madison's killer, she followed him into a different dimension -
one where everything about her existence is slightly altered. At
first, she is determined to return to the reality she knows, but
when Madison May - in this world, a struggling actress - is
murdered again, Felicity decides she must find the killer - and
learns that she is not the only one hunting him. Traveling through
different realities, Felicity uncovers the opportunity - and danger
- of living more than one life.
'Compelling and innovative... Barry takes a story that has been
done countless times before and makes it seem original' - Daily
Mail She is the ultimate weapon. She once served us. Now she's got
her own plans. Once we approached the aliens in peace... and they
annihilated us. Now mankind has developed the ultimate killing
machine, the Providence class of spaceship. With the ships'
frightening speed, frightening intelligence and frightening
weaponry, it's now the salamanders' turn to be annihilated... in
their millions. The mismatched quartet of Talia, Gilly, Jolene and
Anders are the crew on one of these destroyers. But with the ship's
computers designed to outperform human decision-making in
practically all areas, they are virtual bystanders. The Providence
will take them to where the enemy are and she will dictate the
strategy in any battle. The crew's only job role is to publicise
their glorious war to a sceptical Earth. Social media and video
clips are THEIR weapons in an endless charm offensive. THEIR chief
enemy is not the space reptiles but each other, and boredom. But
then everything changes. A message comes from base: the Providence
is going into the Violet Zone, where there are no beacons and no
communications with Earth. It is the heart of the enemy empire -
and now the crew are left to wonder whether this is a mission of
ultimate destruction or, more sinisterly, of ultimate
self-destruction... PROVIDENCE is a dazzling, inventive, and
thought-provoking new novel from the author of Lexicon.
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Providence (Hardcover)
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'Compelling and innovative... Barry takes a story that has been
done countless times before and makes it seem original' - Daily
Mail She is the ultimate weapon. She once served us. Now she's got
her own plans. Once we approached the aliens in peace... and they
annihilated us. Now mankind has developed the ultimate killing
machine, the Providence class of spaceship. With the ships'
frightening speed, frightening intelligence and frightening
weaponry, it's now the salamanders' turn to be annihilated... in
their millions. The mismatched quartet of Talia, Gilly, Jolene and
Anders are the crew on one of these destroyers. But with the ship's
computers designed to outperform human decision-making in
practically all areas, they are virtual bystanders. The Providence
will take them to where the enemy are and she will dictate the
strategy in any battle. The crew's only job role is to publicise
their glorious war to a sceptical Earth. Social media and video
clips are THEIR weapons in an endless charm offensive. THEIR chief
enemy is not the space reptiles but each other, and boredom. But
then everything changes. A message comes from base: the Providence
is going into the Violet Zone, where there are no beacons and no
communications with Earth. It is the heart of the enemy empire -
and now the crew are left to wonder whether this is a mission of
ultimate destruction or, more sinisterly, of ultimate
self-destruction... PROVIDENCE is a dazzling, inventive, and
thought-provoking new novel from the author of Lexicon.
In Max Barry's twisted, hilarious and terrifying vision of the near
future, the world is run by giant corporations and employees take
the last names of the companies they work for. It's a globalised,
ultra-capitalist free market paradise! Hack Nike is a lowly
merchandising officer who's not very good at negotiating his
salary. So when John Nike and John Nike, executives from the
promised land of Marketing, offer him a contract, he signs without
reading it. Unfortunately, Hack's new contract involves shooting
teenagers to build up street cred for Nike's new line of $2,500
trainers. Hack goes to the police - but they assume that he's
asking for a subcontracting deal and lease the assassination to the
more experienced NRA. Enter Jennifer Government, a tough-talking
agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a personal problem
with John Nike (the boss of the other John Nike). And a gun. Hack
is about to find out what it really means to mess with market
forces.
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Lexicon (Paperback)
Max Barry
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Sticks and stones break bones. Words kill. They recruited Emily
from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words.
They'll live to regret it. Wil survived something he shouldn't
have. But he doesn't remember it. Now they're after him and he
doesn't know why. There's a word, they say. It shouldn't have got
out. But it did. And they want it back... Find out why in one of
the most mind-bending, page-turning, thrilling novels you'll ever
read. *Winner of the Aurealis Award for science fiction and
GoodReads Choice Awards finalist for best science fiction*
Jennifer Government is Here to Help!
In Max Barry’s twisted, hilarious vision of the near future, the world is run by giant American corporations (except for a few deluded holdouts like the French); taxes are illegal; employees take the last names of the companies they work for; The Police and The NRA are publicly-traded security firms; the U.S. government may only investigate crimes if they can bill a citizen directly. It’s a free market paradise!
Hack Nike is a lowly Merchandising Officer who’s not very good at negotiating his salary. So when John Nike and John Nike, executives from the promised land of Marketing, offer him a contract, he signs without reading it. Unfortunately, Hack’s new contract involves shooting teenagers to build up street cred for Nike’s new line of $2,500 sneakers. Scared, Hack goes to The Police, who assume he’s asking for a subcontracting deal and lease the assassinations to the NRA.
Soon Hack finds himself pursued by Jennifer Government, a tough-talking agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a rabid determination to nail John Nike (the boss of the other John Nike). In a world where your job title means everything, the most cherished possession is a platinum credit card, and advertising jingles give way to automatic weapons in the fight for market share, Jennifer Government is the consumer watchdog from hell.
Jennifer Government is the kind of novel that can become a byword--a Catch-22 for the New World Order, a satire both broad and pointed, deeply funny and disturbingly on-target.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Stephen Jones is a shiny new hire at Zephyr Holdings. From the
outside, Zephyr is just another bland corporate monolith, but
behind its glass doors business is far from usual: the beautiful
receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else to do nothing,
the sales reps use self help books as manuals, no one has seen the
CEO, no one knows exactly what they are selling, and missing donuts
are the cause of office intrigue. While Jones originally wanted to
climb the corporate ladder, he now finds himself descending deeper
into the irrational rationality of company policy. What he finds is
hilarious, shocking, and utterly telling.
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