The Resource Fall; or, Dodge in hell : a novel, Neal Stephenson
Fall; or, Dodge in hell : a novel, Neal Stephenson
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The item Fall; or, Dodge in hell : a novel, Neal Stephenson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Georgetown Peabody Library.
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- Summary
- "In his youth, Richard "Dodge" Forthrast founded Corporation 9592, a gaming company that made him a multibillionaire. Now in his middle years, Dodge appreciates his comfortable, unencumbered life, managing his myriad business interests, and spending time with his beloved niece Zula and her young daughter, Sophia. One beautiful autumn day, while he undergoes a routine medical procedure, something goes irrevocably wrong. Dodge is pronounced brain dead and put on life support, leaving his stunned family and close friends with difficult decisions. Long ago, when a much younger Dodge drew up his will, he directed that his body be given to a cryonics company now owned by enigmatic tech entrepreneur Elmo Shepherd. Legally bound to follow the directive despite their misgivings, Dodge's family has his brain scanned and its data structures uploaded and stored in the cloud, until it can eventually be revived. In the coming years, technology allows Dodge's brain to be turned back on. It is an achievement that is nothing less than the disruption of death itself. An eternal afterlife--the Bitworld--is created, in which humans continue to exist as digital souls. But this brave new immortal world is not the Utopia it might first seem... Fall, or Dodge in Hell is pure, unadulterated fun: a grand drama of analog and digital, man and machine, angels and demons, gods and followers, the finite and the eternal. In this exhilarating epic, Neal Stephenson raises profound existential questions and touches on the revolutionary breakthroughs that are transforming our future. Combining the technological, philosophical, and spiritual in one grand myth, he delivers a mind-blowing speculative literary saga for the modern age."--provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 883 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062458711
- Label
- Fall; or, Dodge in hell : a novel
- Title
- Fall; or, Dodge in hell
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Neal Stephenson
- Title variation
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- Fall
- Dodge in hell
- Subject
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- Dead -- Fiction
- Dystopias -- Fiction
- FICTION / Action & Adventure
- FICTION / Science Fiction / Cyberpunk
- FICTION / Thrillers / Technological
- Future life -- Fiction
- Immortality -- Fiction
- Low temperature engineering -- Fiction
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Technology -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Suspense fiction
- Cryonics -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In his youth, Richard "Dodge" Forthrast founded Corporation 9592, a gaming company that made him a multibillionaire. Now in his middle years, Dodge appreciates his comfortable, unencumbered life, managing his myriad business interests, and spending time with his beloved niece Zula and her young daughter, Sophia. One beautiful autumn day, while he undergoes a routine medical procedure, something goes irrevocably wrong. Dodge is pronounced brain dead and put on life support, leaving his stunned family and close friends with difficult decisions. Long ago, when a much younger Dodge drew up his will, he directed that his body be given to a cryonics company now owned by enigmatic tech entrepreneur Elmo Shepherd. Legally bound to follow the directive despite their misgivings, Dodge's family has his brain scanned and its data structures uploaded and stored in the cloud, until it can eventually be revived. In the coming years, technology allows Dodge's brain to be turned back on. It is an achievement that is nothing less than the disruption of death itself. An eternal afterlife--the Bitworld--is created, in which humans continue to exist as digital souls. But this brave new immortal world is not the Utopia it might first seem... Fall, or Dodge in Hell is pure, unadulterated fun: a grand drama of analog and digital, man and machine, angels and demons, gods and followers, the finite and the eternal. In this exhilarating epic, Neal Stephenson raises profound existential questions and touches on the revolutionary breakthroughs that are transforming our future. Combining the technological, philosophical, and spiritual in one grand myth, he delivers a mind-blowing speculative literary saga for the modern age."--provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stephenson, Neal
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3569.T3868
- LC item number
- F35 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Immortality
- Cryonics
- Low temperature engineering
- Technology
- Future life
- Dead
- Dystopias
- FICTION / Thrillers / Technological
- FICTION / Science Fiction / Cyberpunk
- FICTION / Action & Adventure
- Label
- Fall; or, Dodge in hell : a novel, Neal Stephenson
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1085577389
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 883 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062458711
- Lccn
- 2019002947
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1085577389
- Label
- Fall; or, Dodge in hell : a novel, Neal Stephenson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1085577389
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 883 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062458711
- Lccn
- 2019002947
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1085577389
Subject
- Dead -- Fiction
- Dystopias -- Fiction
- FICTION / Action & Adventure
- FICTION / Science Fiction / Cyberpunk
- FICTION / Thrillers / Technological
- Future life -- Fiction
- Immortality -- Fiction
- Low temperature engineering -- Fiction
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Technology -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Suspense fiction
- Cryonics -- Fiction
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- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Audio Fiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Combined Print & E-Book Fiction
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