Zodiac
by Neal Stephenson
Our Price: $4.83
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Neal StephensonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1988-10-20
ISBN: 0747502625
Number of pages: 296
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Summary of Zodiac
An ecological thriller with an unlikely hero. Sangamon Taylor is a new-age Sam Spade who sports a wetsuit instead of a Scotch on the rocks. With help from unlikely quarters, Taylor pulls off the most startling capers in Boston Harbour since the Tea Party.Believe it or not, some readers find Zodiac even more fun than Neal Stephenson's defining 1990s cyberpunk novel, Snow Crash. Zodiac is set in Boston, and hero Sangamon Taylor (S. T.) ironically describes his hilarious exploits in the first person. S. T. is a modern superhero, a self-proclaimed Toxic Spiderman. With stealth, spunk, and the backing of GEE (a non-profit environmental group) as his weapons, S. T. chases down the bad guys with James Bond-like Zen.
Cruising Boston Harbor with lab tests and scuba gear, S. T. rides in with the ecosystem cavalry on his 40-horsepower Zodiac raft. His job of tracking down poisonous runoff and embarrassing the powerful corporations who caused them becomes more sticky than usual; run-ins with a gang of satanic rock fans, a deranged geneticist, and a mysterious PCB contamination that may or may not be man-made--plus a falling-out with his competent ("I adore stress") girlfriend--all complicate his mission.
Stephenson/S. T.'s irreverent, facetious, esprit-filled voice make this near-future tale a joy to read.
Literature & Fiction Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Similar Books and other products
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle No. 1)by Neal Stephenson
HarperTorch; Published: 2006-01-31; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.34
Price in other shops:
The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3)by Neal Stephenson
William Morrow Paperbacks; Published: 2005-09-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.09
Price in other shops:
The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2)by Neal Stephenson
William Morrow Paperbacks; Published: 2005-06-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.94
Price in other shops:
Interfaceby Neal Stephenson, J. Frederick George
Spectra; Published: 2005-05-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.98
Price in other shops:
Cryptonomiconby Neal Stephenson
Avon; Avon; Published: 2002-11-05; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.46
Price in other shops:
The Cobwebby Neal Stephenson, J. Frederick George
Spectra; Published: 2005-05-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.22
Price in other shops:
Anathemby Neal Stephenson
Harper Perennial; Published: 2010-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.30
Price in other shops:
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)by Neal Stephenson
Spectra; Published: 2000-05-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.41
Price in other shops:
Reamde: A Novelby Neal Stephenson
William Morrow; Published: 2011-09-20; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.87
Price in other shops:
Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)by Neal Stephenson
Spectra; Published: 2000-05-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.24
Price in other shops: