''Escape Plans'' is a novel by Gwyneth Jones published in 1986.

Plot summary

''Escape Plans'' is a novel in which ruling class dilettante Alice descends into a world fully dependent on their information systems, and a revolution grows.

Reception

Dave Langford David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for mos ...

reviewed ''Escape Plans'' for ''

White Dwarf A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very dense: its mass is comparable to the Sun's, while its volume is comparable to the Earth's. A white dwarf's faint luminosity comes fro ...

'' #78, and stated that "Jones' welter of neologisms and acronyms is initially overwhelming, and I kept furtively turning to the glossary ..But it's worth wading through the alphabet soup for the story."

Reviews

*Review by Brian Stableford (1986) in

Fantasy Review ''Fantasy Newsletter'' was a major fantasy fanzine founded by Paul C. Allen and later issued by Robert A. Collins. Frequent contributors included Fritz Leiber and Gene Wolfe. Publication history The first issue appeared in June 1978, and Allen ...

, May 1986 *Review by Paul Kincaid (1986) in

Vector Vector most often refers to: *Euclidean vector, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction *Vector (epidemiology), an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism Vector may also refer to: Mathematic ...

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References

{{reflist 1986 novels