by Bruce Sterling · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423318988
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«Islas en la red» is the science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling published in 1990 by Ediciones Destino in paperback (471 pages, in Spanish).
In a twenty-first century dominated by large corporations, Laura and David Webster work for Rizome, a conglomerate with an almost paternal guardianship over its employees. After the murder of a data pirate at a meeting organized by the company, Laura becomes involved in a plot of biogenetics and terrorism that takes her halfway around the world.
Originally published as Islands in the Net, it won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and was nominated for the Hugo in 1989. Translation by Domingo Santos; Cronos collection, no. 11.
A work for science fiction and cyberpunk readers interested in the power of large corporations and data piracy.
Michael Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the Mirrorshades anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre.
