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Interface Paperback – May 1, 1995

by Stephen Bury (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
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A near-future thriller in which a shadowy coalition bent on controlling the world economy attempts to manipulate the president of the United States through the use of a computer bio-chip implanted in his brain.
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  1. Print length
    640 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Bantam
  4. Publication date
    May 1, 1995
  5. Dimensions
    4.25 x 1 x 7 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0553572407
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0553572407
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A biochip in presidential candidate William Cozzano's brain hardwires him to a computerized polling system that channels the mood of the electorate directly into his brain. Neal Stephenson fans should note (if they don't already know) that Stephen Bury is his pen name.

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A near-future thriller in which a shadowy coalition bent on controlling the world economy attempts to manipulate the president of the United States through the use of a computer bio-chip implanted in his brain.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam (May 1, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 640 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0553572407
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553572407
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1 x 7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

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Bugsy123
5.0 out of 5 stars Techno Thriller with humor
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2019
I suspect if I'd read this when it came out I'd give it 4*... But given how well I think it's held up 5 stars.

I won't bother listing its faults, and it has a few, because it does its job: Fun but thought provoking.

And as current events show: Farfetched is the new reality.
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E. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars not the best, but still entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2003
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I didn't think I would like this book. I had put it on my wishlist and bought it once in a frenzy of ... well, buying things off my wishlist.
I didn't know what it was about, but I saw that Neal Stephenson was associated with it, and that was good enough for me.

After the first 10 pages or so, I really found myself enjoying it.

The only complaints I had about it were that it was written in a style that didn't feel right - something about it felt rushed or just that the person writing didn't have the right touch - it was a bit off. That and I felt that it used the word "teflon" way too often. It almost has the feel that the author was like "Whoa! Have you heard of this teflon stuff? Its FANSTASTIC! I'm gonna try to mention it every chance I get."
I at first thought that perhaps this book was written around the time that teflon was invented and he was just trying to cash in on the wave of the future - "my book is vaguely forward thinking because I use words like 'teflon' frequently - more stuff should be made of it."
But this book was published in '94 and I can recall Teflon having been around for a bit by then.
Maybe it was part of a bet with a friend - see how many mentions of it he could make past the editors - ideally in poorly thought out allusions.
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TY
5.0 out of 5 stars Is it live or is it tape? It's Stephenson . . . .
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 1999
The central question for anyone contemplating purchasing this novel is: is it Neal Stephenson, or is it the co-author who's the intellectual engine?
It reads like Stephenson -- curiously, more like "Zodiac" and "Cryptonomicon" than like the middle works, "Snow Crash" and "The Diamond Age." "Snow Crash" is a dazzling portrait of the William Gibson's cyberspace taken to a higher level: the Metaverse. It's fascinating, but true science FICTION. The same is true of "The Diamond Age," which, while Stephenson's most intellectually thought-provoking work, is the least accessible.
"Zodiac" and "Cryptonomicon," and "Interface," on the other hand, are SCIENCE fiction. "Zodiac" is chock full of information about environmentalism and industrial pollution; "Cryptonomicon" is a cornucopia of mathematics and cryptology. The science in those novels is basically present day, without the need for more than minimal extrapolation. The same is true of "Interface."
Other Stephenson touches: a fine eye toward non-tedious detail. One thing I found amazing about "Cryptonomicon" was that Stephenson could describe eating cereal in four pages without making it boring, something that neither Herman Melville nor Charles Dickens would have been able to accomplish (for me). "Interface" has that same quality of nerdy fascination in the seemingly trivial.
In summary: if you liked "Cryptonomicon" and/or "Zodiac," you'll probably like "Interface" as well.
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John C
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2015
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Fun, fairly well written and full of fun thoughts and wordings. A great summer read!
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Mary Casiello
5.0 out of 5 stars Well done!
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2009
My apologies for taking so long on this review. The book got stuck at the post office for a while.

I was very pleased with this seller. He sent me a book marked in "new" condition, but that said it hadn't even been read yet. Given that, I had some expectation that it might have a scuff here or there, and I wasn't concerned about that. But when I got the book, included was a note of apology, saying that the book was in a condition that he felt was worse than he had thought and was willing to refund me my money, including shipping both ways! I had no problem with its condition (really, there was hardly a noticeable thing wrong with it), but just the offer was great. Thank you very much! :)
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N. Hammer
1.0 out of 5 stars zzzzzzzzzzz
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2004
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What a boring book. This book has a very interesting premise, but it has too many charecters, frankly. A big letdown. The interesting idea does not drive the novel, but seems rather like an afterthought. The many, many charecters have no depth and do not develop (excluding the main charecter - I hesitate to say main charecter, because he appears in less than half of this novel). Avoid.
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