[Libri] Wyrm (di Mark Fabi)

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"WYRM"

di Mark Fabi

Editore Bantam Spectra Book

Aprile 1998

ISBN 0-553-57808-1

US $5.99

Charles Sheffield a proposito di questo romanzo ha scritto:

"Wyrm is a hugely enjoyable book. All hackers should have this book; so should anyone interested in artificial intelligence, the Internet, computer viruses, role-playing games, mythology, science fiction"

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

In 1999 Michael Arcangelo, a computer-virus hunter, is called in by an old friend to debug a computer designed to learn chess and defeat human grandmasters. He finds a "worm" that exhibits all the signs of intelligence and sentience and that invades the Internet. Interweaving mythology, virtual reality, role-playing games, chess strategy, and artificial intelligence with a theory of a Group Overmind Daemon susceptible to religious symbolism, first-timer Fabi pits a group of computer programmers and hackers against a formidable opponent who may fulfill end-of-the-world prophesies as the millennium approaches. Although the narrative flow is often broken by explanations of technical terminology and concepts, this work is imaginative and solidly conceived. Recommended for sf collections.

Personalmente, pur avendolo riletto almeno tre volte, lo trovo ogni volta entusiasmante. Sarà perché coniuga due interessi a me cari, quali i giochi di ruolo e l'intelligenza artificiale... lo consiglio a tutti coloro che hanno interessi affini.