Zero History

362 Pages·2010·1.45 MB·English

by  William Gibson

TITLES BY WILLIAM GIBSON
Neuromancer
Count Zero
Burning Chrome
Mona Lisa Overdrive
Virtual Light
Idoru
All Tomorrow’s Parties
Pattern Recognition
Spook Country
WILLIAM
GIBSON
zero
history
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First published in the United States of America by G. P. Putnam’s Sons 2010
First published in Great Britain by Viking 2010
Copyright © William Gibson Ent. Ltd., 2010
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ISBN: 978-0-14-196570-3
Contents
1. CABINET
2. EDGE CITY
3. SLUT’S WOOL
4. PARADOXICAL ANTAGONIST
5. THIN ON THE GROUND
6. AFTER THE GYRATORY
7. A HERF GUN IN FRITH STREET
8. CURETTAGE
9. FUCKSTICK
10. EIGENBLICH
11. UNPACKING
12. COMPLIANCE TOOL
13. MUSKRAT
14. YELLOW HELMET
15. THE DROP
16. HONOR BAR
17. HOMUNCULI
18. 140
19. PRESENCES
20. AUGMENTED
21. MINUS ONE
22. FOLEY
23. MEREDITH
24. HUNCH
25. TINFOIL
26. MOTHER RUSSIA
27. JAPANESE BASEBALL
28. WHITE PEAR TEA
29. SHIVER
30. SIGHTING
31. SECRET MACHINERIES
32. POST-ACUTE
33. BURJ
34. THE ORDER FLOW
35. DONGLE
36. VINEGAR AND BROWN PAPER
37. AJAY
38. GETTING HOTTER
39. THE NUMBER
40. ENIGMA ROTORS
41. GEAR-QUEER
42. ELVIS, GRACELAND
43. ICHINOMIYA
44. THE VERBALS
45. SHRAPNEL, SUPERSONIC
46. TORTOISESHELL AND PINSTRIPES
47. IN THE CUISINART ATRIUM
48. SHOTGUN
49. GREAT MARLBOROUGH
50. BANK-MONUMENT
51. SOMEONE
52. THE MATTER IN GREATER DETAIL
53. CRICKET
54. AIR GLOW
55. MR. WILSON
56. ALWAYS IS GENIUS
57. SOMETHING OFF THE SHELF
58. DOUCHE BAGGAGE
59. THE ART OF THE THING
60. RAY
61. FACIAL RECOGNITION
62. WAKING
63. CURLY STAYS, SLOW FOOD
64. THREAT MANAGEMENT
65. LEOPARD SKIN IN MINIATURE
66. ZIP
67. A CRUSHED MOUSE
68. HAND-EYE
69. THE GIFTING SUITE
70. DAZZLE
71. THE UGLY T-SHIRT
72. SMITHFIELD
73. THE PATCHWORK BOYFRIEND
74. MAP, TERRITORY
75. DOWN THE DARKNETS
76. GONE-AWAY GIRL
77. GREEN SCREEN
78. EL LISSITZKY
79. DUNGEON MASTER
80. FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE
81. ON SITE
82. LONDON EYE
83. PLEASE GO
84. NEW ONE
85. TO GET A HANDLE ON IT
86. DOILIES
87. THE OTHER SIDE
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