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Overview

Meet Edinburgh Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh, head of the Innovative Crimes Investigation Unit, otherwise known as the Rule 34 Squad. They monitor the Internet for potential criminal activity, analyzing trends in the extreme fringes of explicit content. And occasionally, even more disturbing patterns arise…
Three ex-cons have been murdered in Germany, Italy, and Scotland. The only things they had in common were arrests for spamming—and a taste for unorthodox entertainment. As the first officer on the scene of the most recent death, Liz finds herself sucked into an international investigation that isn’t so much asking who the killer is, but what—and if she doesn't find the answer soon, the homicides could go viral.

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Hugo winner Stross blends plausible near-future SF and crime in this brisk sequel to 2007's Halting State. In the mid-2020s, the police monitor the Internet full-time to prevent crime. In Edinburgh, this job falls to DI Liz Kavanaugh's Rule 34 Squad (whose name refers to the Internet truism that "if it exists, there's porn about it"). Kavanaugh views the position as a demotion, but she has a chance to get her once-promising career back on track when she is called to supervise the inquiry into the death of drug dealer Michael Blair, who was found dead on his bathroom floor, decked out in s&m garb. Her investigations are interwoven with the stories of an unlikely diplomat and a criminal known as the Toymaker. Each section builds on the others, making the whole more than the sum of its parts. (July)
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Called to the scene of a gruesome and bizarre murder, Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh, head of Edinburgh's Innovative Crime Investigation Unit (the "Rule 34 Squad"), discovers a rash of criminal activities that span the globe and seem to be linked to a particular kind of Internet research involving sophisticated programs that target illicit cyberactivities. Faced with pressure from her department to curtail her efforts, Kavanaugh must weigh the importance of her career against the need to do what is right, regardless of the cost. VERDICT Stross (Singularity Sky) draws on tomorrow's technologies to create a story that features intriguingly offbeat characters and a labyrinthine puzzle of a plot. Fans of modern cyber-fi literature as well as technological thrillers should enjoy this thinking person's sf adventure.
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Another detective joins the celebrated ranks of Edinburgh's finest, this one with Stross' distinctive science-fictional twist.

Set in the same universe asHalting State(2007) ten years on, the narrative advances several points of view, each written in the same eye-watering second-person present tense; it's supposed to feel like you're inhabiting several avatars in an online computer game—fine, but what if you just want to read a book? Murder is rare in Edinburgh, and the case of an ex-con spammer murdered apparently by bad drugs and a defective machine seems bizarre in the extreme, but DI Liz Kavanaugh soon notices similarities with other equally weird cases in Germany and Italy. And soon Euro-cop Kemal Aslan arrives with other examples. A second Edinburgh victim turns up, a shady accountant shrink-wrapped to a bed of obsolete currency. Meanwhile, the Toymaker, a (literally) psychotic enforcer and facilitator for a criminal network, the Organization, arrives to houseclean the current incompetent staff and recruit some fresh talent. First on his list of potential new hires is Liz's first victim, and the second—you guessed it. In a nearby pub, informatics professor Adam MacDonald, aka the Gnome, inventor of a spam-killer app called ATHENA, talks desperate ex-con hacker Anwar Hussein into becoming consular representative for a bankrupt ex-Soviet splinter republic—the sort of business the newly independent Scottish Euro-state is happy to encourage. Anwar's duties involve distributing free bread mix kits—and providing assistance to a certain John Christie, the Toymaker's current identity. Somehow, Stross ties it all together inside one of the most intelligently and philosophically detailed near-futures ever conceived, although at times the eyes of all but the most well-informed reader will glaze over.

Dazzling, chilling and brilliant.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780441020348
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 7/5/2011
  • Pages: 368
  • Sales rank: 99,345
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Meet the Author

Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England in 1964. He holds degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer, and freelance journalist. He is now a full-time writer.

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  • Posted August 14, 2011

    Near-future twisting. Fun.

    Rule 34 is the second of Stross's near-future police procedurals, taking today's information infrastructure into the next logical (significant) step, seeing where that leaves the police and the criminal world, and them pitting them against each other.

    This was fun. The thinking is twisted here, as our protagonist runs the "rule 34" squad in her police headquarters --- the guys who try to stamp out the most vile of online pornography. That's not really the focus of the book, but it sets a tone and lets you know that twisted stuff is not off the table. And it makes the first half of the book really (oddly) enjoyable.

    The narrative follows a few primary characters, and a handful of minor characters in Stross's now-familiar second-person form. The first time I read this style it really threw me off, but I'm getting the hang of it now and don't even really notice.

    As seems to be true of most books I read, the ending felt rushed; I think many authors see their deadlines approach and really speed through the back halves of their books. But the confusion I had at the end of Stross's prior "Halting State" didn't happen (he's either writing better, or I was warned and paid closer attention).

    But despite that all, this is a great picture of what-might-be sometime in the next thirty years or so. I like these glimpses of the future, when it's a future I might actually live to see, and Rule 34 really shines in that light.

    4 of 5 stars.

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  • Posted June 18, 2011

    D:

    I never thought i'd see a book with this as the title. Simply fantastic.

    1 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 26, 2012

    Lydias rules

    MIND YOUR OWN BISUNESS

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 26, 2012

    Rule

    Do not be a drama queen or attention queen

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 26, 2012

    Timmy

    Um duncan u do know that people will robably not listen we r a very fragile ecosystem and if we dont have that then we could crumble. The s e x and r a p i n g i agree with about not haveing any. The other things no

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 25, 2012

    Duncans good rules

    No godmodding! No immortality! No "im the strongest person ever yiu cant beat me" cr@p! No public sex! No random killing! Enough with the "immonna kill myself come stop me!" JUST DO IT IF YOURE GONNA AND STAY THAT WAY! Mo insulting weaker people! Cuz thats just rude in all ways. No hurting exept in self defence. NO NINE OR MORE THAN ONE LIVES! THATS CONSIDERED GODMODDING! Stop impostering. Stop going "a very pretty girl/boy walks in and says, hey i need a bf/gf" all you desperate people. Stop asking for random people to love you. No rapei.ng.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 25, 2012

    Sarahs rule

    No ingoring no stealing names no s.e.x no being a d*sh bag

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 25, 2012

    Anonynous's rule

    No taking Other ppls identity i mean seriously ur that desperate for attention?

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 25, 2012

    Rylees rules

    Do what u want :) my motto. Just dint b a dou.ch bag. Lol :)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 25, 2012

    If u eant to leave rp

    JUST DO IT! stpo beggin for atention just leave!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 25, 2012

    Rules

    1 no rap.ing. 2 less language. 3 no hurting or killing yourself. 4 dont imposter other people.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2012

    Storm Blake's Rules

    1: No being a Player. 2: No being a pathetic little person. 3: Leave your problems in rl... we dont care. 4: NO GODMODDING

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2012

    Rocky to Cale

    Hi=}

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2012

    Cale Fox's Rules

    1: No acting like your invincible. 2: No having s.ex in public places. 3: No bullying. 4: Less swearing. 5: Don't cheat, r.ape, or play on people. 6: Don't commit suicide!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2012

    Sorrry buuuut

    Thats stupid exept rule number 1

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2012

    Awesome rules!!

    100% i agree with you!!!! -Kevin- (no not kev)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2012

    Rules for rp

    1. When someone walks into anywhere plz say hi to them...this way more people will be friendly and there will be less fighting. 2. No s.ex allowed only in private rooms or s.ex results. 3. No random fighting i mean come on in rl you wouldn't be pulling out guns and shooting people so don't act like it on here! 4. Plz be friendly to all you meet...if people reading this have any other ideas on rules, plz write them :)

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  • Posted August 31, 2011

    Rule 34

    No exception

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  • Posted June 12, 2011

    more from this reviewer

    Rule+34

    No+Exceptions%0AHehehehe....

    0 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 28, 2011

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