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Insatiable (Hardcover)
David Dvorkin
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R758
R677
Discovery Miles 6 770
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Ursus (Hardcover)
David Dvorkin
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Discovery Miles 7 480
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Pit Planet (Hardcover)
David Dvorkin
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Discovery Miles 7 270
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This is a work of nonfiction plus some speculation. It's largely
about drones and their very rapid miniaturization, their present
and coming use in law enforcement and war, and a potential future
in which spy and communication equipment will literally be the size
of dust motes, almost impossible to see and impossible to escape.
It's also about the complete lack of privacy that is coming in the
future.
Parts of the book are encouraging, detailing how such devices will
help rescue people after disasters, help people escape the control
of repressive governments, and simply communicate more easily with
one another. But most of the book is chilling indeed, portraying a
future that will be very, very different from our past.
What's really important is that this is NOT a work of science
fiction. Many of the devices described here either exist already or
are in the development stage.
No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, you need to
read this book, because to know the future is to help yourself
prepare for it.
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Slit (Paperback)
David Dvorkin
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R236
Discovery Miles 2 360
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A social and political satire disguised as a comic novel about
zombies and pickles. Or possibly the other way around. They're
back, and they want to eat your brains. Again. "Go in there."
"Hell, no. I'm going to send someone stupid in there with a
pickle." It's brains served with a side of pickles, hold the mayo.
A terrifying tale of parents, children, brothers, sisters, friends,
bosses, employees, wives, ex-wives, friends' wives, Republicans,
studly bacteria, zombies, tentacles, politics, religion, giant
screaming earth mothers, and the armpit and other regions of Hell.
And pickles.
At the beginning of Desert Storm in 1991, things go terribly wrong.
A secret organization that has infiltrated many Arab armies and
governments emerges from hiding and inflames a broad and bloodily
successful anti-Western uprising. American troops at the Battle of
Khafji and throughout the Middle East are faced with a much bigger
war than the one they had been sent to fight. What was supposed to
be a safe war designed to ensure the reelection of George H. W.
Bush turns into a disaster that destroys his presidency, puts Dan
Quayle in the White House as the puppet of right-wing elements in
the intelligence community, and imperils the West. The consequences
are widespread and frequently grim: a resurgent Soviet Union, a
seemingly endless war in the Middle East, and the growing threat of
tyranny in America. Written well before the events of September 11,
2001, Dawn Crescent depicts the interwoven lives and adventures of
a diverse group of characters -- soldiers, spies, subversives,
innocents -- in a turbulent alternate world which could be a
warning for our own. "Engaging characters and fast-paced writing
make Dawn Crescent a real pleasure " -- Harry Turtledove, author of
the "American Empire" series
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