The Resource Brain Jack
Brain Jack
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The item Brain Jack represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Brain Jack represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Another terrifying sci-fi page-turner from the author of The Tomorrow Code!Las Vegas is gone--destroyed in a terrorist attack. Black Hawk helicopters patrol the skies over New York City. And immersive online gaming is the most dangerous street drug around. In this dystopic near-future, technology has leapt forward once again, and neuro-headsets have replaced computer keyboards. Just slip on a headset, and it's the Internet at the speed of thought.For teen hacker Sam Wilson, a headset is a must. But as he becomes familiar with the new technology, he has a terrifying realization. If anything on his computer is vulnerable to a hack, what happens when his mind is linked to the system? Could consciousness itself be hijacked? Before he realizes what's happened, Sam's incursion against the world's largest telecommunications company leads him to the heart of the nation's cyberdefense network and brings him face to face with a terrifying and unforeseen threat.Brian Falkner, author of The Tomorrow Code, has created an action-packed and thought-provoking science fiction adventure in which a brilliant young computer hacker fights to prevent the human race from being deleted.Fans of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother and M. T. Anderson's Feed will love this high-octane techno thriller.From the Hardcover edition
- Language
- eng
- Isbn
- 9780375893230
- Label
- Brain Jack
- Title
- Brain Jack
- Statement of responsibility
- Brian Falkner
- Title variation
- Brain jack
- Subject
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- trueTeenage boys
- trueScience fiction
- trueTeenage hackers
- trueFourteen-year-old boys
- trueComputer espionage
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- trueScience Fiction
- trueNew Zealand fiction
- trueComputers -- Moral and ethical aspects
- trueHackers
- trueCyber-thrillers
- trueArtificial intelligence
- Young Adult Literature
- Young Adult Fiction
- trueComputer crimes
- trueNear future
- trueInternet
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Another terrifying sci-fi page-turner from the author of The Tomorrow Code!Las Vegas is gone--destroyed in a terrorist attack. Black Hawk helicopters patrol the skies over New York City. And immersive online gaming is the most dangerous street drug around. In this dystopic near-future, technology has leapt forward once again, and neuro-headsets have replaced computer keyboards. Just slip on a headset, and it's the Internet at the speed of thought.For teen hacker Sam Wilson, a headset is a must. But as he becomes familiar with the new technology, he has a terrifying realization. If anything on his computer is vulnerable to a hack, what happens when his mind is linked to the system? Could consciousness itself be hijacked? Before he realizes what's happened, Sam's incursion against the world's largest telecommunications company leads him to the heart of the nation's cyberdefense network and brings him face to face with a terrifying and unforeseen threat.Brian Falkner, author of The Tomorrow Code, has created an action-packed and thought-provoking science fiction adventure in which a brilliant young computer hacker fights to prevent the human race from being deleted.Fans of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother and M. T. Anderson's Feed will love this high-octane techno thriller.From the Hardcover edition
- Summary
- Having disrupted the world's largest communications company with his mischievous tampering, precocious teen Sam Wilson hacks the White House on a dare and catches the attention of an aggressively malfunctioning cyber-crime computer
- Award
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- New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, Children's Choice, Young Adult Fiction Category, 2010.
- Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Young Adult Novel, 2010.
- Storylines (New Zealand) Notable Book
- YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2012
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 343210
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Falkner, Brian
- Dewey number
- 823.4
- Index
- no index present
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 810
- Literary form
- fiction
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- 7
- 12
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
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- Science Fiction
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Young Adult Fiction
- Young Adult Literature
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Brain Jack
- Control code
- OVERDRIVE:6915e0e8-6bde-4ec7-a7b3-e9b87193c54b
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- Form of item
- electronic
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- True
- Isbn
- 9780375893230
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- True
- Specific material designation
- optical disk
- Label
- Brain Jack
- Control code
- OVERDRIVE:6915e0e8-6bde-4ec7-a7b3-e9b87193c54b
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- Form of item
- electronic
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- True
- Isbn
- 9780375893230
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- True
- Specific material designation
- optical disk
Subject
- trueArtificial intelligence
- trueComputer crimes
- trueComputer espionage
- trueComputers -- Moral and ethical aspects
- trueCyber-thrillers
- trueFourteen-year-old boys
- trueHackers
- trueInternet
- trueNear future
- trueNew Zealand fiction
- trueScience Fiction
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- trueScience fiction
- trueTeenage boys
- trueTeenage hackers
- Young Adult Fiction
- Young Adult Literature
Genre
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- trueNew Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults : Young Adult Fiction Award
- trueSir Julius Vogel Awards (New Zealand): Best Young Adult Novel
- trueStorylines Notable Books (New Zealand): Young Adult Fiction
- trueYALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Get Your Geek On (2012)
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