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Distraction

Name: Distraction
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781399640381
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By Bruce Sterling

Series: S.F. MASTERWORKS

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This is a very smart, very funny book - Locus Enthralling and subversive - SF Commentary An excellent piece of future-gazing - Amazon Reviewer A Dutch Cold War is in full swing. The US is a shadow of its former self - its infrastructure is failing,... Read More

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Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2000

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This is a very smart, very funny book - Locus

Enthralling and subversive - SF Commentary

An excellent piece of future-gazing - Amazon Reviewer

A Dutch Cold War is in full swing. The US is a shadow of its former self - its infrastructure is failing, and nomadic tribes roam freely among the states, living by no rules but their own.

Oscar Valpariso - always impeccably dressed - is only half human, but he's a master political strategist to potentially the next president. If he can straighten out his love life, gain control of a high-tech scientific facility, and solve a worldwide crisis that only he's noticed, America should be ripe for the taking...

Series: S.F. MASTERWORKS

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399640381

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gateway

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 40.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 355g

Pages: 512

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About the Author

Bruce Sterling burst onto the SF scene with the birth of Cyberpunk and co-authored THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE with his colleague William Gibson. His biggest UK success was with THE HACKER CRACKDOWN. He lives in Austin, Texas.