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Wake
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ACE CHARTER, 2009 - Fiction - 356 pages
"One of the foremost science fiction writers of our generation"(SF Site) comes to Ace with a trilogy of the Web's awakening.

Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math-and blind. Still, she can surf the net with the best of them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind. But Caitlin's brain long ago co-opted her primary visual cortex to help her navigate online. So when she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality, the landscape of the World Wide Web explodes into her consciousness, spreading out all around her in a riot of colors and shapes. While exploring this amazing realm, she discovers something-some other-lurking in the background. And it's getting more and more intelligent with each passing day...

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User Review  - Helen - Goodreads

Never would have thought I'd enjoy a book about the internet but this was absolutely fascinating, although I wish he hadn't named the cat Schrodinger because that cat never existed and didn't have a ... Read full review

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User Review  - Bayla - Goodreads

Caitlin is 16, a math genius, newly moved to Canada, and blind, and she wants nothing more than to be able to see. So when a Japanese doctor suggests an experimental procedure that might allow her to ... Read full review

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About the author (2009)

Robert J. Sawyer was born in Ottawa, Canada. He has won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel.

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