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The Ultimate Cyberpunk
The Ultimate Cyberpunk
Author: Pat Cadigan (Editor)
In The Ultimate Cyberpunk, editor Pat Cadigan takes readers through the evolution of this influential science fiction genre, from the groundbreaking forefathers of the field such as Alfred Bester and Philip K. Dick, to the founding members of the cyberpunk movement, such as William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, and forward through such innovator...  more »

In this special collection, Cadigan presents the cyberpunk world, in which reality and virtual reality intersect. The growing impact of the Internet on our sense of community, the seduction of a world behind the screen, and the inherent dangers of a society in which any information can be hacked, stolen, and sold are some of the topics explored by our best cyberpunk writers.

Introduction: Not a manifesto / Pat Cadigan --

Fondly Fahrenheit / Alfred Bester --

Game of rat and dragon / Cordwainer Smith --

We can remember it for you wholesale / Philip K. Dick --

Girl who was plugged in / James Tiptree, Jr.--

57th Franz Kafka / Rudy Rucker --

Burning chrome / William Gibson --

Blood music / Greg Bear --

Till human voices wake us / Lewis Shiner --

Freezone / John Shirley --

Dogfight / William Gibson & Michael Swanwick --

Green days in Brunei / Bruce Sterling --

Patterns / Pat Cadigan --

Dr. Luther's assistant / Paul J. McAuley --

Bruce Sterling's idea of what every well-appointed "Cyperpunk SF" Libraby collection should possess --

About the authors

Includes 16-page full color section from the "lost" volume of William Gibson's Neuromancer graphic novel!
ISBN-13: 9780743452397
ISBN-10: 0743452399
Publication Date: 9/17/2002
Pages: 199
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Publisher: I Books
Book Type: Paperback
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In this special collection, Cadigan presents the cyberpunk world, in which reality and virtual reality intersect. The growing impact of the Internet on our sense of community, the seduction of a world behind the screen, and the inherent dangers of a society in which any information can be hacked, stolen, and sold are some of the topics explored by our best cyberpunk writers.


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