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'''''Islands In The Net''''' is a political science-fiction novel by Bruce Sterling, published in 1988.


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The story is first set in 2023, Galveston, Texas. It follows the adventure of Laura Webster, a public relations worker for a global corporation Rizome. She tends a lodge along with her husband, Davis, with whom she has a three-month-old daughter, Loretta.
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Islands In The Net is a political science-fiction novel by Bruce Sterling, published in 1988.


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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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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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=== This books contains the following tropes: ===


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* [[Attack Drone]]
* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Ceramic machetes.
* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Ceramic machetes.
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* [[Attack Drone]]
* [[Big Labyrinthine Building]] - An oil rig as big as a city. [[media:islandinthenetoilrig_6450.jpg|Depicted here]]
* [[Big Labyrinthine Building]]: An oil rig as big as a city. [[media:islandinthenetoilrig_6450.jpg|Depicted here]].
* [[Clean Cut]]: Thanks to the cutting power of the ceramic machetes.
* [[Clean Cut]]: Thanks to the cutting power of the ceramic machetes.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: Both the above image, and the Ace publication cover are misleading. This is not [[Cyberpunk]].
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: Both the above image, and the Ace publication cover are misleading. This is not [[Cyberpunk]].
* [[Future Food Is Artificial]]: "Scop", are single celled proteins grown in bacteria-filled vats.
* [[Future Food Is Artificial]]: "Scop", are single celled proteins grown in bacteria-filled vats.
* [[Glad to Be Alive Sex]]
* [["Glad to Be Alive" Sex]]
* [[Hooker With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Mega Corp]]
* [[Mega Corp]]
* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]
* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]
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* [[Powder Keg Crowd]]
* [[Powder Keg Crowd]]
* [[Prison Episode]]: Which is also a [[Girls Behind Bars]].
* [[Prison Episode]]: Which is also a [[Girls Behind Bars]].
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* [[Sharpened to a Single Atom]]: The ceramic machetes.
* [[Science Marches On]]: Videotapes and cassettes are obsolete now.
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* [[Sharpened to A Single Atom]]: The ceramic machetes
* [[Society Marches On]]: Soviet Union breaks in 1991.
* [[Society Marches On]]: Soviet Union breaks in 1991.
* [[Time Skip]]
* [[Time Skip]]
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Latest revision as of 15:27, 20 June 2021

Islands in the Net
Cover of the first hardcover edition
Written by: Bruce Sterling
Central Theme:
Synopsis:
First published: 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 public relations worker for a global corporation Rizome. She tends a lodge along with her husband, Davis, with whom she has a three-month-old daughter, Loretta.

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.

Tropes used in Islands in the Net include:
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