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| title = Islands in the Net
| caption = Cover of the first hardcover edition
| author = Bruce Sterling
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| publication date = 1988
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'''''Islands In The Net''''' is a political science-fiction novel by Bruce Sterling, published in 1988.▼
The story is first set in 2023, Galveston, Texas. It follows the adventure of Laura Webster, a
▲Islands In The Net is a political science-fiction novel by Bruce Sterling, published in 1988.
Her plight begins when one of the representatives of a datahaven, Winston Stubbs, gets
▲The story is first set in 2023, Galveston, Texas. It follows the adventure of Laura Webster, a Public Relation worker for a global corporation Rizome. She tends a lodge along with her Husband, Davis, with whom she has a 3 month old daughter, Loretta.
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▲Her plight begins when one of the representatives of a datahaven, Winston Stubbs, gets Assassinated during a major conference between two other datahaven representatives and Rizome in her lodge. Her company decides to send her and her family to Grenada, home of one of the datahavens, and solve the problem diplomatically.
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Ceramic machetes.
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