Wireless: The Essential Charles Stross

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Wireless: The Essential Charles Stross
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First edition (UK)
Author Charles Stross
Cover artistPeter Cotton
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Orbit Books (UK)
Ace Books (US)
Publication date
2009
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages384 pp
ISBN 1-84149-772-X

Wireless: The Essential Charles Stross is an English language collection of science fiction short stories by Charles Stross published by Orbit Books.

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