The zenith angle
by Bruce Sterling · first published 2004
33% recommend67% neutral
Like his peers William Gibson and Neal Stephenson, bestselling author Bruce Sterling writes cutting-edge speculative fiction firmly rooted in today's reality. Now in The Zenith Angle, he has created a timely thriller about an information-age security expert caught up in America's escalating war on terror.Infowar. Cybercombat. Digital security and techno-terror. It's how nations and networks secretly battle, now and into the future. And for Derek "Van" Vandeveer, pioneering computer wizard, a new cyberwarrior career begins on the fateful date of September 11, 2001.Happily married with a new bab
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If you enjoyed "Snow Crash" and "Diamond Age", I'd recommend "Islands in the Net" (if you can get hold of a copy) and "Holy Fire" by Bruce Sterling. Or for something newer, "the Zenith Angle" by same. I've also enjoyed all of Willam Gibsons books, including the latest trilogy "Pattern Recognition", "Spook Country" and "Zero History". If you bothered to read through "Cryptonomicon" you'll…
on “Ask HN: I loved Snow Crash and Daemon. What should I read next?” ↗Not, op, but..: For something relatively new, and related to hn, I'd recommend Bruce Sterling's latest: "Zenith Angle". Although, that's not quite sci-fi, more just fiction. All I've read of Stanislaw Lem I'd recommend (for some classic sci-fi), also Roadside Picnic (Strugatsky brothers) is very good. Keeping with…
on “My Summer Reading List” ↗…(and most everything else I've read by him as well). "Earthsea" by Ursula LeGuin - and "Powers". "Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson. "Holy Fire" by Bruce Sterling (I also enjoyed Islands in the Net, Zenith Angle and Schismatrix). "Foundation" trilogy + prequel by Isaac Asimov. "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley. "Deepness in the Sky" / "Fire Upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge. "Something wicked this way comes"…
on “Ask HN: What are some must read books?” ↗…autobiography on his time in the CIA, "See No Evil" is also interesting (and depressing). edit: While we're on the subject of sci-fi and capitalism; I highly recommend Bruce Sterling's latest book, the Zenith Angle: http://www.amazon.com/The-Zenith-Angle-Bruce-Sterling/dp/034...
on “"Ender's Game" movie faces a boycott” ↗…"Cryptonomicon" - while I loved "diamond age" and like "snowcrash" - I much prefer Singh's "the codebook" on a similar theme. Thrilling non-fiction. On the more fiction side, I enjoyed Bruce Sterling's "The Zenith Angle" a lot. And second the recommendations for Mitnick's books - both the autobiography "ghost in the wires" and the more free form "made up examples" in "the art of deception" (like many of the stories…
on “Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels?” ↗You might find the fictional novel "Zenith Angle" by Bruce Sterling entertaining as well.
on “Small, cheap spy satellites mean there’s no hiding place” ↗Hehe, see also: "the Zenith Angle" by Bruce Sterling (he did complete his book).
on “A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle?” ↗…modeled complex systems without truly understanding them. Computers simulated complexity. You might know more or less what was likely to happen. But the causes remained unclear. - Bruce Sterling, The Zenith Angle
on “Six works of Computer Science-Fiction” ↗…it modeled complex systems without truly understanding them. Computers simulated complexity. You might know more or less what was likely to happen. But the causes remained unclear." - Bruce Sterling, Zenith Angle
on ““Computer science is not about computers”” ↗…Sinister PSYOPS Mission Patches"] http://vigilantcitizen.com/vigilantreport/top-10-most-sinist... I find it interesting (and sad) how the last few months have shifted my perspective on Bruce Sterling's "Zenith Angle" from leaning more towards satire, to leaning more towards hard sci-fi/telling the "truth" with fiction.
on “NSA speaks out on Snowden, spying [video]” ↗The current flow of things while I read all of the works of Bruce Sterling realy freak me out a little bit. This guy looked in the future somehow. I'm pretty sure about it. Just finishing "The Zenith Angle"
on “New US spy satellite logo features world-devouring octopus” ↗