SCRATCH MONKEY

Stross, Charles.

ISBN 10: 1886778957 / ISBN 13: 9781886778955

Published by NESFA Press., Framingham, MA:, 2011

About this Item

HC in dust jacket and slipcase. 1st Printing. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Stross and cover artist Gergory Manchess. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. Seller Inventory # 25424

Bibliographic Details

Title: SCRATCH MONKEY

Publisher: NESFA Press., Framingham, MA:

Publication Date: 2011

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Gregory Manchess

Edition: 1st edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

The 2011 Boskone Boskone s Guest of Honor Charles Stross. It contains his previously unpublished novel, Scratch Monkey, an essay about writing the novel, and a second essay about a writer's view of publishing. The novel is set in the distant future, when humans have spread through the galaxy, physically and virtually. We are not alone; we have created a race of AIs, the Superbrights, to administer and expand the virtual side of our presence in the Milky Way. Oshi Adjani works for a Superbright, traveling to worlds where her Boss cannot go, and solving the problems he has set her. One success reveals a secret of the Superbrights, so the Boss forces her into one last, deadly mission, with her freedom as her reward for doing the impossible.

About the Author:

Charles Stross is the author of the bestselling Merchant Princes series, the Laundry series, and several stand-alone novels including "Glasshouse", "Accelerando", and "Saturn's Children". Born in Leeds, England, in 1964, Stross studied in London and Bradford, earning degrees in pharmacy and computer science. Over the next decade and a half he worked as a pharmacist, a technical writer, a software engineer, and eventually as a prolific journalist covering the IT industry. His short fiction began attracting wide attention in the late 1990s; his first novel, "Singularity Sky", appeared in 2003. He has subsequently won the Hugo Award twice. He lives with his wife in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a flat that is slightly older than the state of Texas.