Max Barry

In Max Barry''s twisted, hilarious and terrifying vision of the near future, the world is run by giant corporations and employees take the last names of the companies they work for. It''s a globalised, ultra-capitalist free market paradise! Hack Nike is a lowly merchandising officer who''s not very good at negotiating his salary. So when John Nike and John Nike, executives from the promised land of Marketing, offer him a contract, he signs without reading it. Unfortunately, Hack''s new contract involves shooting teenagers to build up street cred for Nike''s new line of USD2,500 trainers. Hack goes to the police - but they assume that he''s asking for a subcontracting deal and lease the assassination to the more experienced NRA. Enter Jennifer Government, a tough-talking agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a personal problem with John Nike (the boss of the other John Nike). And a gun. Hack is about to find out what it really means to mess with market forces.

En la retorcida y divertidísima visión de Max Barry sobre el futuro próximo, el mundo está en manos de enormes empresas americanas (excepto unas pocas ilusas que se niegan a entrar en el juego, como las francesas); los impuestos son ilegales, los empleados toman sus apellidos de las empresas para las que trabajan; la Policia y la Asociacion Nacional del Rifle (ANR) son empresas de seguridad con las que se comercia publicamente; el Gobierno solo investiga delitos si puede pasarle la factura a un determinado ciudadano. ¡Es el paraiso del libre mercado! Hack Nike es un empleado de segunda a quien no se le da demasiado bien negociar su salario. Asi que cuando John Nike y John Nike, ejecutivos de la tierra prometida del marketing, le ofrecen un contrato, lo firma sin leerlo. Desgraciadamente, el nuevo contrato de Hack le obliga a cometer asesinatos con el fin de dar publicidad a unas nuevas zapatillas Nike de 2.500 dolares el par. Asustado, Hack va a la Policia, que entiende que lo que les esta pidiendo es una subcontrata, y dan en arriendo el trabajo a la ANR. Muy pronto, Hack se ve perseguido por Jennifer Gobierno. Jennifer es una mama estresada, vigilante del mundo empre-sarial y agente gubernamental que lleva un codigo de barras tatuado bajo su ojo. Su principal objetivo es cazar a John Nike (el jefe del otro John Nike). En un mundo en el que el lugar que uno ocupa en el trabajo es vital, donde la posesion mas preciada es una tarjeta de credito de platino y el eslogan publicitario da paso a la artilleria por la lucha de mercados, Jennifer Gobierno es quien protege los intereses del consumidor, el perro guardian del consumo procedente del infierno.

From the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality."I love you. In every world."Young real estate agent Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to know far too much about her, and professes his love - shortly before he murders her.Felicity Staples hates reporting on murders. As a journalist for a mid-size New York City paper, she knows she must take on the assignment to research Madison Mays shocking murder, but the crime seems random and the suspect is in the wind. That is, until Felicity spots the killer on the subway, right before he vanishes.Soon, Felicity senses her entire universe has shifted. No one remembers Madison May, or Felicitys encounter with the mysterious man. And her cat is missing. Felicity realizes that in her pursuit of Madisons killer, she followed him into a different dimension - one where everything about her existence is slightly altered. At first, she is determined to return to the reality she knows, but when Madison May - in this world, a struggling actress - is murdered again, Felicity decides she must find the killer - and learns that she is not the only one hunting him.Traveling through different realities, Felicity uncovers the opportunity - and danger - of living more than one life.

In Max Barrys twisted, hilarious and terrifying vision of the near future, the world is run by giant corporations and employees take the last names of the companies they work for. Its a globalised, ultra-capitalist free market paradise!Hack Nike is a lowly merchandising officer whos not very good at negotiating his salary. So when John Nike and John Nike, executives from the promised land of Marketing, offer him a contract, he signs without reading it. Unfortunately, Hacks new contract involves shooting teenagers to build up street cred for Nikes new line of $2,500 trainers. Hack goes to the police - but they assume that hes asking for a subcontracting deal and lease the assassination to the more experienced NRA.Enter Jennifer Government, a tough-talking agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a personal problem with John Nike (the boss of the other John Nike). And a gun. Hack is about to find out what it really means to mess with market forces.

Compelling and innovative... Barry takes a story that has been done countless times before and makes it seem original - Daily MailShe is the ultimate weapon. She once served us. Now shes got her own plans.Once we approached the aliens in peace... and they annihilated us. Now mankind has developed the ultimate killing machine, the Providence class of spaceship. With the ships frightening speed, frightening intelligence and frightening weaponry, its now the salamanders turn to be annihilated... in their millions. The mismatched quartet of Talia, Gilly, Jolene and Anders are the crew on one of these destroyers. But with the ships computers designed to outperform human decision-making in practically all areas, they are virtual bystanders. The Providence will take them to where the enemy are and she will dictate the strategy in any battle.The crews only job role is to publicise their glorious war to a sceptical Earth. Social media and video clips are THEIR weapons in an endless charm offensive. THEIR chief enemy is not the space reptiles but each other, and boredom. But then everything changes. A message comes from base: the Providence is going into the Violet Zone, where there are no beacons and no communications with Earth. It is the heart of the enemy empire - and now the crew are left to wonder whether this is a mission of ultimate destruction or, more sinisterly, of ultimate self-destruction...PROVIDENCE is a dazzling, inventive, and thought-provoking new novel from the author of Lexicon.

Sticks and stones break bones. Words kill.They recruited Emily from the streets. They said it was because shes good with words. Theyll live to regret it.Wil survived something he shouldnt have. But he doesnt remember it.Now theyre after him and he doesnt know why.Theres a word, they say. It shouldnt have got out. But it did.And they want it back...Find out why in one of the most mind-bending, page-turning, thrilling novels youll ever read.*Winner of the Aurealis Award for science fiction and GoodReads Choice Awards finalist for best science fiction*

From the ingenious author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon: a brilliant work of science fiction that tells the intimate tale of four people facing their most desperate hour--alone, together, at the edge of the universe.The video changed everything. Before that, we could believe that we were safe. Special. Chosen. We thought the universe was a twinkling ocean of opportunity, waiting to be explored.Afterward, we knew better.Seven years after first contact, Providence Five launches. It is an enormous and deadly warship, built to protect humanity from its greatest ever threat. On board is a crew of just four--tasked with monitoring the ship and reporting the wars progress to a mesmerized global audience by way of social media.But while pursuing the enemy across space, Gilly, Talia, Anders, and Jackson confront the unthinkable: their communications are cut, their ship decreasingly trustworthy and effective. To survive, they must win a fight that is suddenly and terrifyingly real.

"About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell. Lexicon reads like Elmore Leonard high out of his mind on Snow Crash." Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians and The Magician KingBest thing Ive read in a long time . . . a masterpiece. Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of WoolStick and stones break bones. Words kill.They recruited Emily Ruff from the streets. They said it was because shes good with words.Theyll live to regret it.They said Wil Parke survived something he shouldnt have. But he doesnt remember.Now theyre after him and he doesnt know why.Theres a word, they say. A word that kills.And they want it back . . .

From the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality."I love you. In every world."Young real estate agent Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to know far too much about her, and professes his love--shortly before he murders her. Felicity Staples hates reporting on murders. As a journalist for a midsize New York City paper, she knows she must take on the assignment to research Madison Mays shocking murder, but the crime seems random and the suspect is in the wind. That is, until Felicity spots the killer on the subway, right before he vanishes.Soon, Felicity senses her entire universe has shifted. No one remembers Madison May, or Felicitys encounter with the mysterious man. And her cat is missing. Felicity realizes that in her pursuit of Madisons killer, she followed him into a different dimension--one where everything about her existence is slightly altered. At first, she is determined to return to the reality she knows, but when Madison May--in this world, a struggling actress--is murdered again, Felicity decides she must find the killer--and learns that she is not the only one hunting him. Traveling through different realities, Felicity uncovers the opportunity--and danger--of living more than one life.

Stephen Jones is a shiny new hire at Zephyr Holdings. From the outside, Zephyr is just another bland corporate monolith, but behind its glass doors business is far from usual: the beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else to do nothing, the sales reps use self help books as manuals, no one has seen the CEO, no one knows exactly what they are selling, and missing donuts are the cause of office intrigue. While Jones originally wanted to climb the corporate ladder, he now finds himself descending deeper into the irrational rationality of company policy. What he finds is hilarious, shocking, and utterly telling.

A wickedly satirical and outrageous thriller about globalization and marketing hype, Jennifer Government is the best novel in the world ever."Funny and clever.... A kind of ad-world version of Dr. Strangelove.... [Barry] unleashes enough wit and surprise to make his story a total blast." --The New York Times Book Review"Wicked and wonderful.... [It] does just about everything right.... Fast-moving, funny, involving." --The Washington Post Book WorldTaxation has been abolished, the government has been privatized, and employees take the surname of the company they work for. Its a brave new corporate world, but you dont want to be caught without a platinum credit card--as lowly Merchandising Officer Hack Nike is about to find out. Trapped into building street cred for a new line of $2500 sneakers by shooting customers, Hack attracts the barcode-tattooed eye of the legendary Jennifer Government. A stressed-out single mom, corporate watchdog, and government agent who has to rustle up funding before shes allowed to fight crime, Jennifer Government is holding a closing down sale--and everything must go.

La Corporación Zephyr es una gran empresa con cientos de departamentos en el que sus empleados se encuentran en perpetuo estado de neurosis por la desinformación y los cambios de rumbo de Dirección. En esas circunstancias se incorpora Jones, un joven perspicaz, que pronto comienza a darse cuenta que lo anormal llevado a la normalidad puede ofrecer resultados inesperados.

En la Corporación Zephyr nadie ha visto nunca al Consejero Delegado en persona, aunque está presente a diario en las comunicaciones internas de la empresa. La recepcionista, especialmente guapa, cobra el doble que cualquier otra persona, si bien no parece que tenga ninguna tarea asignada. Los agentes comerciales utilizan libros de autoayuda como manuales de ventas y cualquier empleado de la firma puede montar un pollo solo porque ha desaparecido el donuts que le correspondia y al que la empresa invita de vez en cuando. ¿Se trata de una empresa normal? En realidad si, aunque se dedique a algo muy poco habitual y que el lector solo descubrira muy al final de la novela. Divertidisima... Barry pone de manifiesto sus credenciales como escritor satirico y saboteador... La Corporacion es el mejor libro de Barry . The New York Times Barry realizo una hazaña imposible, escribir tres libros sin sucumbir a una depresion. Perspicaz y diabolica... Si usted ahora esta leyendo un libro de gestion, cualquier libro de gestion, dejelo y coja este en su lugar . Forbes

A los llamados "Poetas" se les enseña a persuadir, a emplear el lenguaje para manipular mentes, a utilizar las palabras como armas... Max Barry nos trae un thriller lleno de suspense y ciencia ficcion. En algun lugar a las afueras de Arlington, Virginia, existe una escuela exclusiva a cuyos estudiantes no se les enseña historia, geografia o matematicas, al menos en el sentido habitual. Se les enseña a persuadir, a emplear el lenguaje para manipular mentes, a utilizar las palabras como armas. A estos estudiantes se los llama "Poetas", y aquel que se gradue con una mejor puntuacion podra entrar en una organizacion anonima que actua con un proposito desconocido. La joven Emily Ruff lleva una vida tranquila en San Francisco cuando de pronto atrae la atencion de los reclutadores de la organizacion. Emily promete y todo apunta a que llegara a convertirse en uno de los talentos mas prodigiosos de la organizacion, hasta el dia en que comete un error catastrofico. Mientras, en Australia, en una ciudad toxica llamada Broken Hill, un hombre llamado Wil Parke parece ser inmune a las palabras y puede convertirse en la clave heroica de lo que tiene todo el aspecto de ser una guerra secreta# Opini