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Accelerando

by Charles Stross

Three generations of the Macx family navigate a posthuman era defined by artificial intelligence and molecular nanotechnology. As an unknown force begins dismantling the solar system, they struggle to survive the radical shifts of the technological Singularity.

Accession 32868 ISBN 1841493902 Publisher Orbit
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