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Long Now is presenting a reading and book signing of [1]DAEMON by
author Daniel Suarez, who gave a Seminar last August on "Bot-mediated
Reality".
We hope you can join us this Sunday February 1, 02009 at 1:00 pm at:
The Long Now Museum and Store
Fort Mason Center, Bldg. A
San Francisco, CA 94123
[2]http://www.longnow.org/contact/
About the Book and author:
"DAEMON is better than early Tom Clancy...The tech is invoked with
inside knowledge, the writing is better, and deeper issues are
explored with greater imagination."
- Stewart Brand
Daniel Suarez's DAEMON, (Dutton, January 8, 2009; $26.95) brings
readers on a harrowing journey
through the dark IT spaces of the modern world. It's a high-tech
thriller that explores the convergence of
MMOG's, BotNets, viral ecosystems, and corporate dominanceforces which
are quietly reshaping society
with very real consequences for us all.
Originally self-published in 2006 under the anagram/pseudonym Leinad
Zeraus, DAEMON quickly
became an underground sensation and a favorite of the tech sector and
its bloggers. According to Wired
magazine, Rick Klau, head of publisher services at Feedburner was so
"electrified by Daemon's all-too plausible
IT scenario, [he] began pushing the book on anyone who would listen.
'I just felt it would be a
travesty if a lot of people didn't read it,' Klau says." The book has
now sold close to $1 million in foreign
rights, and has garnered endorsements from industry giants like Craig
Newmark of Craigslist and Billy
O'Brien, director of Cyber Security at the White House.
Sunday's reading will also have a Q&A session where you can ask the
author more about his ideas and concerns about our current IT
situation.
best,
Danielle
--
Danielle Engelman
Community Development Director
The Long Now Foundation
[3]www.longnow.org
[4]danielle@longnow.org
ph. 415.561.6582 x1
fx. 415.561.6297
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