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PublisherFirebird Creative

ISBN-101937163083

ISBN-139781937163082

eBay Product ID (ePID)120614224

Product Key Features

Book TitleCyberpunk : Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Evolution, and Revolution

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicScience Fiction / General

Publication Year2013

GenreFiction

AuthorVictoria Blake

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisBefore email, before "the web," before hackers and GPS and sexting, before titanium implants, before Google Goggles, before Siri, and before each and every one of us carried a computer in our pockets, there was cyberpunk, and science fiction was never the same. Cyberpunk writers--serious, smart, and courageous in the face of change--exposed the naiveté of a society rushing headlong into technological unknowns. Technology could not save us, they argued, and it might in fact ruin us. Now, thirty years after The Movement party-crashed the science fiction scene, the cyberpunk reality has largely come to be. The future they imagined is here. In this book, you'll find stories by legendary cyberpunk authors like Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, as well as stories by new cyberpunk voices like Cory Doctorow and Jonathan Lethem. You'll find stories about society gone wrong and society saved, about soulless humans and soulful machines, about futures worth fighting for and futures that do nothing but kill. Welcome to your cyberpunk world., Before email, before "the web," before hackers and GPS and sexting, before titanium implants, before Google Goggles, before Siri, and before each and every one of us carried a computer in our pockets, there was cyberpunk, and science fiction was never the same. Cyberpunk writers--serious, smart, and courageous in the face of change--exposed the naivet of a society rushing headlong into technological unknowns. Technology could not save us, they argued, and it might in fact ruin us. Now, thirty years after The Movement party-crashed the science fiction scene, the cyberpunk reality has largely come to be. The future they imagined is here. In this book, you'll find stories by legendary cyberpunk authors like Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, as well as stories by new cyberpunk voices like Cory Doctorow and Jonathan Lethem. You'll find stories about society gone wrong and society saved, about soulless humans and soulful machines, about futures worth fighting for and futures that do nothing but kill. Welcome to your cyberpunk world., Before email, before "the web," before hackers and GPS and sexting, before titanium implants, before Google Goggles, before Siri, and before each and every one of us carried a computer in our pockets, there was cyberpunk, and science fiction was never the same.Cyberpunk writers--serious, smart, and courageous in the face of change--exposed the naiveté of a society rushing headlong into technological unknowns. Technology could not save us, they argued, and it might in fact ruin us. Now, thirty years after The Movement party-crashed the science fiction scene, the cyberpunk reality has largely come to be. The future they imagined is here.In this book, you'll find stories by legendary cyberpunk authors like Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, as well as stories by new cyberpunk voices like Cory Doctorow and Jonathan Lethem. You'll find stories about society gone wrong and society saved, about soulless humans and soulful machines, about futures worth fighting for and futures that do nothing but kill. Welcome to your cyberpunk world., Cyberpunk has brought us films like Blade Runner , Tron , and The Matrix , and it has brought us such classic novels like Snow Crash and Neuromancer . It continues to be a powerful theme in writing as writers imagine a gritty, dark, wild, and wicked future where body modification, seedy elements, omniscient corporations and a few down-luck anti-heroes are always having it out. Inside the covers of this book, you'll find stories by the best and the finest cyberpunk writers-from founding members Bruce Sterling and William Gibson to new voices like Cory Doctorow-all of whom write with the fire and the zeal that powers the best cyberpunk writing.