gmt01_Mindstar Rising - 00.nfo
General Information
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Title: Mindstar Rising
Author: Peter F. Hamilton
Read By: Toby Longworth
Copyright: 1993
Audiobook Copyright: 2011
Genre: Sci-Fi
Series Name: Greg Mandel
Position in Series: 01
Abridged: No
File Information
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Number of MP3s: 46
Total Duration: 14:48:25
Total MP3 Size: 613.46
Encoded At: CBR 96 kbit/s 44100 Hz Stereo
Normalize: MP3Gain, Track 89dB
Noise Reduction: None
ID3 Tags: Set, v2.3
Book Description
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rom Publishers Weekly
Critically acclaimed in his native England for four novels, all SF,
Hamilton makes his stateside debut with the novel that launched his
writing career and that begins his Greg Mandel trilogy. Set in a 21st-century
England recovering from massive global warming, the story reads like
a collaboration between William Gibson and Ian Fleming. Freelance operative
Mandel is a veteran of the Mindstar Battalion, whose men received telepathic
powers via implanted glands. Now he is the ally of the teenage heiress
of a high-tech industrial empire, Julia Evans, in a desperate battle
against Kendric di Girolamo, a ruthless and obsessed financier, and
Leopold Armstrong, former leftist dictator of England, who is trying
to regain power. Plenty of action, exotic hardware (particularly computers),
urban grunge, double handfuls of eccentric, decadent or criminal characters
and enough willing women to raise the eyebrows of the politically correct
hallmark this fast-moving tale. SF fans may particularly enjoy, as a
change of pace, experiencing a vision of the future that coheres but
that takes its clues from British, rather than American, society and
history.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to
an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Editorial Reviews
It's the 21st century, and global warming is here to stay, so forget
the way your country used to look. And get used to the free market,
too - the companies possess all the best hardware, and they're calling
the shots now. In a world like this, a man open to any offers can make
out just fine.
A man like Greg Mandel for instance, who's psi-boosted, wired into the
latest sensory equipment, carrying state-of-the-art weaponry - and late
of the English Army's Mindstar Battalion. As the cartels battle for
control of a revolutionary new power source, and corporate greed outstrips
national security, tension is mounting to boiling point - and Greg Mandel
is about to face the ultimate test.
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