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Wake

by: Robert J. Sawyer (author)

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THE WEB IS ABOUT TO AWAKE...

Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math—and blind.

But she can surf the net with the best of them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind. But when a Japanese researcher develops a new signal-processing implant that might give her sight she jumps at the chance.

And sees a whole new world. Her brain has co-opted her visual cortex to help her navigate online, when the implant is activated, Caitlin sees not our world but the riotous landscape of the Web, exploding into vivid reality around her.

And discovers something, some other. Inhuman, immense and getting smarter...

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780575094079 (0575094079)

Publish date: 2009

Publisher: Gollancz

Pages no: 357

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction, Cultural, Computer Science, Science, Technology, Computers, Speculative Fiction, Canada, Cyberpunk

Series: WWW (#1)

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Tolle Lege!. rated it

10 years ago

http://captgwg.booklikes.com Tolle Lege!. 5.0 Wake

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The author is very good at mixing scientific concepts with a fairly decent story about a young girl who regains her sight with an aid of an 'Eyepad' and how this starts to affect the ghost within the internet and awakens him to consciousness. I like that the author is always educating the reader ...

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Mike Finn rated it

10 years ago

http://mikefinn.booklikes.com Mike Finn 5.0 “WWW : Wake” by Robert J. Sawyer – exciting and original science fiction

text “WWW : Wake” by Robert J. Sawyer – exciting and original science fiction

It has been a long time since I read a science fiction book with such joy as “Wake”. This is science fiction as I want it to be: human, accessible, exciting, challenging, educative, serious, funny and fast-paced. Of course, I fell in love with Calculass – the fifteen year old math genius who is gi...

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Sarah's Library rated it

11 years ago

http://sarahf1984.booklikes.com Sarah's Library 4.0 Wake (WWW, #1) by Robert Sawyer

text Wake (WWW, #1) by Robert Sawyer

12/07 - There is a lot of internet related techno-speak (I want to call it babble, but I won't, because it probably makes sense to readers who are more profficient at understanding the intricacies of the internet) which I sometimes had trouble following. In the end, after reading many baffling desc...

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halfmanhalfbook rated it

12 years ago

http://halfmanhalfbook.booklikes.com halfmanhalfbook 5.0 WWW: Wake (WWW Trilogy)

text WWW: Wake (WWW Trilogy)

Superb book.

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Pablos czytelnik rated it

12 years ago

http://pablos.booklikes.com Pablos czytelnik 5.0 Robert J. Sawyer - trylogia WWW, tom 1. "Wzrok"

text Robert J. Sawyer - trylogia WWW, tom 1. "Wzrok"

Niech będzie wszystkim wiadomo, że UWIELBIAM tego faceta. Dlatego też ta opinia nie ma NIC wspólnego z obiektywizmem - Robert J. Sawyer, którego poznałem dzięki wspaniałomyślności i zaangażowaniu Wydawnictwa Solaris to mój guru. Mistrz. Człowiek, przez którego po prostu CHCE SIĘ zdobywać wiedzę. I p...

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