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Agency

  • 2020 first published
  • 416 pages
  • β˜… 3.8 (8 ratings)
  • 9 editions

Published in 2020, Agency is a time-travel fiction novel by William Gibson. Readers will find themes of Technological, artificial intelligence, time travel and Jackpot Trilogy.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 30 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction bestseller list in 2020.

At about 416 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

Awards & lists

  • ✦Locus Awards 2021 β€” Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
  • πŸ“°New York Times bestseller list β€” Hardcover Fiction, 2020

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Technological
  • Hard science fiction science fiction
  • Technological thrillers
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Time travel
  • Jackpot Trilogy
  • New business enterprises
  • The Future
  • FICTION / Science Fiction / General
  • FICTION / Thrillers / Technological

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Agency?

Agency was written by William Gibson and first published in 2020.

What genre is Agency?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel.

How long is Agency?

The median edition has 416 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Agency?

Readers who like it often enjoy Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Station Eleven and This is How You Lose the Time War.

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