Computer genius Carl Lewis has invented the "Cyberbook," an electronic device that instantly and inexpensively brings the written word to the masses. But not everyone warms to Carl's ideas. Add corporate spies, authors threatening to strike, and a wave of mysterious murders, and you have Ben Bova at his best.
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A research scientist threatens to revolutionize the publishing industry with his invention--the "cyberbook"--and catapults himself into a world of vicious schemers in this satire on the convoluted world of publishing. Veteran sf author Bova takes aim at the near future in a slapstick comic-suspense novel suitable for large sf collections.-- JC
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Born in Philadelphia, Ben Bova worked as a newspaper reporter, a technical editor for Project Vanguard (the first American satellite program), and a science writer and marketing manager for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, before being appointed editor of Analog, one of the leading science fiction magazines, in 1971. After leaving Analog in 1978, he continued his editorial work in science fiction, serving as fiction editor of Omni for several years and editing a number of anthologies and lines of books, including the "Ben Bova Presents" series for Tor. He has won science fiction's Hugo Award for Best Editor six times.
A published SF author from the late 1950s onward, Bova is one of the field's leading writers of "hard SF," science fiction based on plausible science and engineering. Among his dozens of novels are Millennium, The Kinsman Saga, Colony, Orion, Peacekeepers, Privateers, and the Voyagers series. Much of his recent work, including Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, The Precipice, and The Rock Rats, falls into the continuity he calls "The Grand Tour," a large-scale saga of the near-future exploration and development of our solar system.
A President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science-fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, in 2001 Dr. Bova was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He lives in Naples, Florida, with his wife, the well-known literary agent Barbara Bova.
A published SF author from the late 1950s onward, Bova is one of the field's leading writers of "hard SF," science fiction based on plausible science and engineering. Among his dozens of novels are Millennium, The Kinsman Saga, Colony, Orion, Peacekeepers, Privateers, and the Voyagers series. Much of his recent work, including Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, The Precipice, and The Rock Rats, falls into the continuity he calls "The Grand Tour," a large-scale saga of the near-future exploration and development of our solar system.
A President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science-fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, in 2001 Dr. Bova was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He lives in Naples, Florida, with his wife, the well-known literary agent Barbara Bova.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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I read it when it was written,
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Regardless of the "hindsight" of some reviewers; it was visionary. I went to a Bova lecture and asked him about this book. He stated he & Arthur Clarke[2001] should have patented their books.
In his 1955 book "Challenge of the Spaceship", Clarke explained how communication satellites would operate. He would have been a Trillionaire. The book is a "Satire", still relevant today. This may well be what is going on behind the scenes. Publishers are trying to restrict Used book sales, by treating a hardgood as software. Stating a book cannot be "transferred". [7/30/2009 UPDATE: AZ has deleted copies of 1984 from Kindle users without first telling them - IT HAS COME TO PASS] Publishers would like: A Genetically engineered tree Which would imprint itself with the DNA of its first handler. The 2nd handler would erase the ink.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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The court room scene had me laughing out loud,
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This review is from: Cyberbooks (Mass Market Paperback)
I didn't expect much when I picked up this book, I read it on the strength of his other work. I have to say I loved it. It delves into the realm of corporate intrests denying the marketplace of new a innovative ideas (remember the 100 mpg carburetor). By the end I was laughing out loud. Bova has a knack for near future prophesy and based on the digital revolution real cyberbooks are already here in one form or another. Cyberbooks is fun to read after a slow start.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good future information,
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This review is from: Cyberbooks (Mass Market Paperback)
When this book was published it was well beyond what could be possible. Today however the pulse of this book is right on the money.
Note it is a little hard to keep reading on the first 3/4 of the book but it has a great finish
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