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SUMMARY:Zoom: Strange New Worlds
LOCATION:Norton Branch Library\nNorton Branch Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us on Zoom to discuss “Agency\,” William Gibs
 on’s novel of politics\, power\, and AI.  You may pick up a copy at
  Norton Branch Library..\nhttps://akronlibrary.libnet.info/event/10004589
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Register online\, in person\, or b
 y phone at 330.825.7800.</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><img src="https://stati
 c.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/akronlibrary/Agency_Cover.jpg" width=
 "151" height="151" alt="" /></p>\n<p>"Agency" is a timely\, mind-bending t
 echno-thriller and exploration of both humanity and artificial intelligenc
 e&rsquo\;s potential to shape the world\, published in 2020 and written by
  William Gibson who pioneered the cyberpunk genre.</p>\n<p>In an alternate
  timeline\, in 2017 Hilary Clinton became President and the Brexit vote ke
 pt the UK within the European Union but terrorist attacks in Syria remain 
 a threat and all is not well with a future timeline desperately reaching i
 nto this &lsquo\;stub&rsquo\; of a past timeline. Receiving the future tim
 eline&rsquo\;s warnings from fixer Wilf Netherton and shot-caller Detectiv
 e Inspector Ainsley Lowbeer\, who both exist in London in 2136\, is tech-s
 avvy San Franciscan Verity Jane. Verity is soon fleeing her latest employe
 r\, armed with (and increasingly dependent on) their AI digital assistant 
 &lsquo\;Eunice.&rsquo\; Can Verity\, Eunice\, and their contacts from the 
 future ultimately seize the agency to save the modern world in Verity&rsqu
 o\;s timeline?&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Visit the library's <a href="https://encore.
 akronlibrary.org/iii/encore/search?formids=target&amp\;lang=eng&amp\;suite
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 jLhSpWcPcto3IdGtwPLA%3D%3D">catalog</a> to reserve this or other titles by
  William Gibson.</p>\nhttps://akronlibrary.libnet.info/event/10004589
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