The narrator describes things from the settings future present day point of view with little explanation. The hero is a male named robin whos just gone through memory erasure perhaps voluntarily. The novel is set in the twenty seventh century aboard a spacecraft adrift in interstellar space. The premise of the novel is that in a farfuture society recovering from a war, several of the combatants have elected to wipe their memories and have enlisted in an experimental recreation of the dark ages aka the 1950s2040. Robin, the protagonist, has recently had his memory erased. It takes place in the 27th century in a post technology acceleration culture where there are no longer any shortages of material goods, travel is instantaneous through teleport gates, the human lifespan has been greatly extended, and people can back up their consciousness. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Jul 05, 2005 accelerando ebook written by charles stross. They stay home and they, like, write for hours and hours every day. Glasshouse is an intricate far future science fiction thriller by charles stross.
Glasshouse is an intense and mindstretching mixture of hard sf and satire in a psychological puzzle centered around memory and identity. The author of seven hugonominated novels and winner of three hugo awards for best novella, two of which are part of the laundry files series, stross s works have been translated into over twelve languages. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about. Before the ebook format shift really geared up around 2010, ace rolled books out into. He has worked as a pharmacist, software engineer and freelance journalist, but now writes full time. See all books authored by charles stross, including the atrocity archives, and the best of the best. He studied in london and bradford, gaining degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs, including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer, and freelance journalist. The new york times when robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it. Charles stross is the author of the bestselling merchant princes series, the laundry series, and several standalone novels including glasshouse, accelerando. But he has plenty to say to all of us, as damian g walter discovers mon 9 jun 2008 07. Charles stross is the author of the bestselling merchant princes series, the laundry series, and several standalone novels including glasshouse, accelerando, and saturns children. He was a member of the combat linebarger cats and later became an agentsent into the glasshouse, memories suppressed to evade the censors, to find out whats really going on. His first novel to be published was singularity sky, published in 2003.
Charles stross has 145 books on goodreads with 414911 ratings. Charles david george charlie stross born 18 october 1964 is a british writer of science fiction, lovecraftian horror, and fantasy. Jun 27, 2006 glasshouse ebook written by charles stross. Its the 27th century, when interstellar travel is by. Download glasshouse charles stross ebook the rhesus chart charles stross 20190911t21. Books by charles stross author of the atrocity archives. Jun 09, 2008 charles stross has built a considerable reputation among science fiction fans. He holds degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer, and freelance journalist. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Watching them write is really boring, because believe it or not it takes much longer to write a book than it takes to read it. Charles stross is the fulltime writer who is the subject of this faq. The author of seven hugonominated novels and winner of three hugo awards for best novella, two of which are part of the laundry files series, strosss works have been translated into over twelve languages.
This acclaimed book by charles stross is available at in several formats for your ereader. Glasshouse ebook by charles stross 9781101208595 rakuten kobo. Born in leeds, england, in 1964, stross studied in london and bra. He has worked as a pharmacist, software engineer and freelance journalist, but now writes fulltime. Charles stross is a fulltime writer who was born in leeds, england in 1964. Charles stross published his first book in 1996, a nonfiction book entitled the web architects handbook. Charles stross when robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesnt take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him. Buy the kobo ebook book glasshouse by charles stross at indigo. Its the twentyseventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees personalities and target. I have had such a complicated relationships with charles stross books, in that i.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read accelerando. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Charles stross project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Charles strosss extremely clever, if extremely loopy, glasshouse imagines a far future of travel by teleportation through assembler gateswait for it, body alterations, physical backups, and a worm that reprograms peoples memories. Charles stross, 55, is a fulltime science fiction writer and resident of edinburgh, scotland. Vernor vinge, author of rainbows end in the year 2018, sergeant sue smith of the edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. He agrees to take part in an experiment, during which he is placed inside a model of a late. Glasshouse is the latest sf novel from charles stross and is so far his best. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read glasshouse. The author of six hugonominated novels and winner of the 2005, 2010, and 2014 hugo awards for best novella, he has won numerous other awards and been translated into at least 12 other languages. When robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesnt take him long to discover that someone is. Born in leeds, england, in 1964, stross studied in london and bradford, earning degrees in pharmacy and computer science. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading glasshouse.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Charles stross was born in leeds, england, in 1964. When robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesnt take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him. Stross writes well but in a way that is often vague, confusing, and hard to understand. Glasshouse isbn 9780441015085 pdf epub charles stross ebook. Fast forward, 2005, retrieved 14 october 2015 charles stross, accessed 29 may 20 the kyngdoms interview. Between 1994 and 2004, he was also an active writer for the magazine computer shopper and was responsible for the monthly linux column. Charles stross s extremely clever, if extremely loopy, glasshouse imagines a far future of travel by teleportation through assembler gateswait for it, body alterations, physical backups, and a worm that reprograms peoples memories. Halting state is a nearfuture story that is at once overthetop and compellingly believable. The glasshouse is run by two notorious curious yellow collaborators, majordoctor fiore and bishop yourdon. I link to the cheapest paper edition and the kindle ebook edition.
Below is a list of charles stross books in order of when they were originally released. Charles stross books list of books by author charles stross. The novel is set in the twenty seventh century aboard a spacecraft. Glasshouse by charles stross overdrive rakuten overdrive. Glasshouse is a science fiction novel by british author charles stross, first published in 2006. Charles stross is a fulltime science fiction writer and resident of edinburgh, scotland. The bloodline feud us ebook cover the traders war us ebook cover the. Charles stross ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. To date, stross has won three hugo awards and been nominated twelve times.
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