His most ambitious novel to date, ACCELERANDO is a multi-generational saga following a brilliant clan of 21st-century posthumans. The year is some time between 2010 and 2015. The recession has ended, but populations are ageing and the rate of tech change is accelerating dizzyingly. Manfred makes his living from spreading ideas around, putting people in touch with one another and leaving a spray of technologies in his wake. He lives at the cutting edge of intelligence amplification technology, but even Manfred can take on too much. And when his pet robot cat picks up some interesting information from the SETI data, his world - and the world of his descendants - is turned on its head.

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About the Author
Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England, in 1964. He has worked as a pharmacist, software engineer and freelance journalist, but now writes full time.

Reviews
Stretches the limits of narrative to make us see how wonderful ideas can be TIME OUT Stross's most accomplished and strikingly imaginative SF book so far STARBURST Utterly original, gripping the reader with the power of its ideas DREAMWATCH Intelligent future history grounded by terrific characters DREAMWATCH


Awards
Short-listed for Arthur C. Clarke Award 2006.



Book Information
ISBN 9781841493893
Author Charles Stross
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Orbit
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 230g
Dimensions(mm) 111mm * 177mm * 28mm