| Iron Sunrise | |
.jpg/200px-IronSunrise(1stEd).jpg) Cover of first edition (hardcover) |
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| Author | Charles Stross |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
| Publication date | 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 355 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-441-01159-4 |
| Preceded by | Singularity Sky |
Iron Sunrise is a 2004 hard science fiction novel by author Charles Stross, which follows the events in Singularity Sky. Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born Leeds, 18 October 1964 is a writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Ace Books is the oldest active specialty Publisher of Science fiction and Fantasy books A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. Singularity Sky (hardcover ISBN 0-441-01072-5 softcover ISBN 1-841-49334-1 is a Hard science fiction novel by author Charles Stross, published in 2003 Hard science fiction is a category of Science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail or on scientific accuracy or on both Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born Leeds, 18 October 1964 is a writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Singularity Sky (hardcover ISBN 0-441-01072-5 softcover ISBN 1-841-49334-1 is a Hard science fiction novel by author Charles Stross, published in 2003 The book was nominated for the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year Winners of the Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy Novel, along with all the nominees are presented here
Singularity Sky depicts a future where human societies have been involuntarily taken from Earth and widely distributed across the Milky Way galaxy, seemingly at random, in the wake of a technological singularity which has led to the onset of strong AI, in the form of the Eschaton. The technological singularity is a theoretical future point of unprecedented technological progress caused in part by the ability of machines to improve themselves using Artificial Strong AI is Artificial intelligence that matches or exceeds human intelligence —the intelligence of a machine that can successfully perform any intellectual task
The events in both novels take place consecutively some time after the immediate aftermath of the singularity.
Plot summary
Martin Springfield and Rachel Mansour return to Earth to recuperate following the events of Singularity Sky, however Rachel is quickly called upon to explain the administrative expenses she incurred during her previous assignment. Singularity Sky (hardcover ISBN 0-441-01072-5 softcover ISBN 1-841-49334-1 is a Hard science fiction novel by author Charles Stross, published in 2003 Shortly thereafter she finds herself negotiating with a lunatic believing himself to be a reincarnation of Idi Amin and in possession of an armed nuclear device which, in the black humor typical of the series, he has threatened to detonate after receiving an eviction notice from his apartment. Idi Amin Dada (mid 1920s &ndash 16 August 2003 commonly known as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan military dictator and the President of Uganda A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.
Meanwhile, a young and hopeful planetary civilization is murdered by the apparent use of a causality violation device which explodes their sun without warning, and their defense systems are automatically deployed against the homeworld of the suspected perpetrators of the atrocity. Causality describes the relationship between Causes and Effects is fundamental to all natural Science, especially Physics, and has a basis in A relativistic Kill vehicle (RKV or relativistic bomb is a hypothetical weapon system sometimes found in Science fiction.
Rachel and Martin set off to investigate these events and prevent the assassination of the remaining members of the civilization's murdered leaders, who can abort the retaliation strike. In the background the Eschaton continues to play its own game.
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