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Recursion

by Tony Ballantyne

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ISBN13: 9780553589283
ISBN10: 0553589288
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It is the twenty-third century. Herb, a young entrepreneur, returns to the isolated planet on which he has illegally been trying to build a city–and finds it destroyed by a swarming nightmare of self-replicating machinery. Worse, the all-seeing Environment Agency has been watching him the entire time. His punishment? A nearly hopeless battle in the farthest reaches of the universe against enemy machines twice as fast, and twice as deadly, as his own–in the company of a disarmingly confident AI who may not be exactly what he claims…

Little does Herb know that this war of machines was set in motion nearly two hundred years ago–by mankind itself. For it was then that a not-quite-chance encounter brought a confused young girl and a nearly omnipotent AI together in one fateful moment that may have changed the course of humanity forever.

About the Author

TONY BALLANTYNE grew up in County Durham in the North East of England. He studied Math at Manchester University before moving to London for ten years where he taught first Math and then later IT. He now lives in Oldham with his wife and two children. His hobbies include playing boogie piano, walking and cycling.

Tony's short fiction has appeared in The Third Alternative and Interzone magazines, and in the anthology Constellations edited by Peter Crowther.

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ISBN:
9780553589283
Author:
Ballantyne, Tony
Publisher:
Bantam Books
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Artificial Intelligence
Subject:
Electronic surveillance
Subject:
Science fiction
Publication Date:
August 2006
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
406
Dimensions:
6.96x4.18x1.17 in. .47 lbs.

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