Ambient (novel)

Ambient is the dystopian debut novel of cyberpunk writer Jack Womack, the first in his Dryco series.[1] Published in 1987, it was translated into Slovak by Michal Hvorecký, and has a significant cult following.[2] Actor Bruce Willis optioned the novel, and renewed the option in 1995 (thus enabling Womack to quit his "day job").[3]

Ambient
First edition
AuthorJack Womack
Cover artistDavid Shannon
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDryco series
GenreCyberpunk, dystopian novel
PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication date
1987
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages259 pages
ISBN1-55584-082-5
OCLC13822815
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3573.O575 A8 1987
Followed byTerraplane 

References

  1. Collins, Robert A (1990). Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1989. Westport: Meckler. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-88736-369-6.
  2. Segel, Harold (2008). The Columbia Literary History of Eastern Europe since 1945. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 225. ISBN 0-231-13306-5.
  3. Blair, Dike (August 1995). "It's always the same: interview with Jack Womack". Thing.net. Retrieved June 26, 2009.


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