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Agents of the internet apocalypse
- Title
- Agents of the internet apocalypse / Wayne Gladstone.
- Author
- Gladstone, Wayne.
- Publication
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 15-3211 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 250 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Gladstone, the so-called "Internet Messiah," has not only failed to bring back the Web, but his search has landed him in a New York City psychiatric ward. The rest of the world isn't doing so well either, filled with disconnected Internet users still jonesing for a fix, and an increasingly draconian Government, interrogating and detaining anyone deemed a "person of interest" under the NET Recovery Act.For Gladstone, however, finding the Net is less important than heading to Los Angeles to win back his ex-wife. He takes up residence on the couch of his old friend, gossip-blogger Tobey, while trying to rebuild his lost romance. But when Gladstone's old journal account of the Internet Apocalypse goes "paper viral," his newfound celebrity puts him at the forefront of the Internet Reclamation Movement. Soon he is a target for shadowy government agents, and a reluctant collaborator with Anonymous who provides a clue that promises to explain the Internet's disappearance. Full of funny yet cutting social commentary, Agents of the Internet Apocalypse continues the trilogy that imagines a dystopian world without the Web"--
- "Gladstone, the so-called "Internet Messiah," has not only failed to bring back the Web, but his search has landed him in a New York City psychiatric ward. The rest of the world isn't doing so well either. The economy continues to suffer, further stoking the discontent of frenzied former Internet users still looking for a fix. More importantly, the government has ramped up its draconian NET Recovery Act, interrogating and detaining anyone deemed a "person of interest." For Gladstone, finding the Net has taken a backseat to winning over his ex-wife. But even though he follows her to Los Angeles, he still can't shake the demands of his followers when his former account of the Internet Apocalypse goes "paper viral." This newfound celebrity makes him a target for desperate online addicts, anarchic members of Anonymous, and shadowy government agents who have their own plans for him. Full of funny yet cutting social commentary, Agents of the Internet Apocalypse continues the trilogy that imagines a dystopian world without the Web"--
- Series Statement
- The internet apocalypse trilogy
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Satire.
- Humorous fiction.
- Dystopias.
- Call Number
- JFD 15-3211
- ISBN
- 9781250048394
- 1250048397
- LCCN
- 2015015542
- OCLC
- 2015015542
- Author
- Gladstone, Wayne.
- Title
- Agents of the internet apocalypse / Wayne Gladstone.
- Publisher
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2015.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The internet apocalypse trilogy
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- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-3211