Halting State

Name: Halting State
Author: Charles Stross
ISBN: 9781429547208

by Charles Stross

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Halting State is a novel by Charles Stross, published in the United States on 2 October 2007 and in the United Kingdom in January 2008. Stross has said that it is "a thriller set in the software houses that write multiplayer games". The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world. It features speculative technologies, including Specs and virtual server networks over mobile phones. The book is on its second printing in the United States.

First published 2007 360 pages

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 5
Editions known: 7

Classification

DDC 823.92 LCC PR-6119.00000000.T79 H36 2007 Bank robberiesComputer gamesCrime, fictionEdinburgh (scotland), fictionFictionFiction, mystery & detective, police proceduralFiction, science fiction, generalFiction, thrillers, general

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