Mendy Sobol

Virtual Fire (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Four Who Changed History: Meet the Narrators of VIRTUAL FIRE Paul Simmons:Computer Nerd In 1970, Paul "Tesla" Simmons and his best friend Toby Jessup werecollege seniors more interested in computers than politics. President Nixon''sescalation of the Vietnam War and their friendship with student activist Meg Wellsdrew Paul and Toby into the antiwar movement and a choice between violent andnon-violent protest. Today, Paul is a leading software designer. HYDRA, hisvisionary new program, will alter the course of history. Meg Wells: Activist Today,Meg Wells is a dedicated social justice advocate, a Nobel laureate, and the directorof Vietnam''s Mekong Clinic. In 1970, she was a college senior and an organizer inthe anti-Vietnam War movement. Her gift? Call it leadership, persuasiveness, or thecourage of her convictions. Call it manipulation. For better or worse, Meg''s gift isgetting people to do things, whatever things she decides need doing-even if it meansreshaping history. Toby Jessup: Most Wanted In 1970, all Toby Jessup wanted was acollege education, time on Wellston University''s IBM 650 mainframe computer, a goodgame of pinball, and a pepperoni pizza. His ideals and his friendship with Paul andMeg led him to oppose America''s involvement in the Vietnam War. His unwaveringcommitment to non-violence changed history. Today, Toby is a fugitive. MeloraKennedy: Hacker Today, Melora Kennedy lives in a world where access to computers islimited by law to a select few military programmers. Despite her youth and lack offormal education, she became a cyber genius who revolutionized computerized warfarefor the United States military. Together with Toby, Tesla, and Meg, Melora''s choicesin the face of her generation''s war will determine our future. VIRTUAL FIRE May1970. Vietnam. Cambodia. Kent State. Jackson State. Violent protests erupt oncollege campuses across America. Paul "Tesla" Simmons and his best friend TobyJessup are college seniors who spend their time writing programs on WellstonUniversity''s IBM 650 mainframe computer, playing pinball in the back room of theBeef ''n'' Bun restaurant, and dreaming. The invasion of Cambodia by American andSouth Vietnamese forces, the shooting deaths of unarmed student protesters at KentState, and their friendship with Student Mobilization Committee leader Meg Wellsdraw Paul and Toby into the antiwar movement and a fateful choice between violentand non-violent protest. As the war and opposition to the war reach their climaxes,Toby, Paul, and Meg become ever more radicalized, only to have their plansovershadowed by an incident that alters the course of their personal historiesforever. Decades later, Paul, a successful programmer in an era transformed by therise of the computer, makes a revolutionary technological discovery. Realizing henow has the means to change a tragic, yet seemingly minor historical event, Paulacts, and unwittingly sets history on a deadly new course. Living in the world hisactions created, a world where computers are the province of a select few, seeinglife as it was only in his dreams, can Paul, with the help of the brilliant younghacker Melora Kennedy, return history to its proper path and restore the dreams ofhis youth? From New England''s ivy-covered college halls, to New Jersey''s crumblingcities, to the beaches of Florida''s Gulf coast and the ruins of post-war Vietnam,VIRTUAL FIRE''s four narrators relate their experiences of war, resistance to war,the power of friendship and the power of dreams. Paperback and eBook editionsinclude a compendium of links to books, movies, and music for those who want tolearn more about the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement. Author''s Note: VIRTUALFIRE contains scenes concerning warfare, post-traumatic stress disorder related tothe Vietnam War, violent acts committed by and against antiwar protesters, andexplicit language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: BookBaby
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781733704410
• Artikelnr.: 57881980