Text from the Wake US dustjacket
by Rob - January 16th, 2009.Filed under: Wake, WWW.
BACK FLAP:
Robert J. Sawyer was born in Ottawa and lives just outside of Toronto, Canada. He has won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. Visit his Website at www.sfwriter.com.
Photo by Carolyn Clink
Jacket design by Rita Frangie
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An Ace Book
Published by the Berkley Publishing Group
A Division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
375 Hudson Street
New York, New York 10014
04/09
BACK COVER:
Praise for WWW:WAKE
“Once again, Robert J. Sawyer explores the intersection between big ideas and real people. Here the subject is consciousness and perception — who we are and how we see one another, both literally and figuratively. Thoughtful and engaging, and a great beginning to a fascinating trilogy.”
— Robert Charles Wilson, Hugo Award-winning author of Spin
“Cracking open a new Robert Sawyer book is like getting a gift from a friend who visits all the strange and undiscovered places in the world. You can’t wait to see what he’s going to amaze you with this time.”
— John Scalzi, John W. Campbell Award-winning author of Old Man’s War
“In Wake, Robert Sawyer gives us not only an entertaining novel but also a new way of looking at the World Wide Web. A superb work of day-after-tomorrow science fiction — I enjoyed every page.”
— Allen Steele, two-time Hugo Award-winning author of Coyote Horizon
“Unforgettable. Impossible to put down.”
— Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award-winning author of The Devil’s Eye
ISBN 978-0-441-01679-2
SPINE:
WWW:WAKE
Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Author
ROBERT J. SAWYER
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FRONT COVER:
“Sawyer gives us not only an entertaining novel but also a new way of looking at the World Wide Web … Superb.”
—Allen Steele
WWW:WAKE
Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Author
ROBERT J. SAWYER
FRONT FLAP:
$24.95
WWW:WAKE
During his decades-spanning career, award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer has “undoubtedly cemented his reputation as one of the foremost science fiction writers of our generation” (SF Site). Now he adds to his impressive body of work with an imaginative and mind-blowing new trilogy of the web — and its awakening …
Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math — and blind. Still, she can surf the net with the best of them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind.
When a Japanese researcher develops a new signal-processing implant that might give her sight, she jumps at the chance, flying to Tokyo for the operation.
But Caitlin’s brain long ago co-opted her primary visual cortex to help her navigate online. Once the implant is activated, instead of seeing reality, the landscape of the world wide web explodes into her consciousness, spreading out all around her in a riot of colors and shapes. While exploring this amazing realm, she discovers something — some other — lurking in the background. And it’s getting smarter …
The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site