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The Web 2028
Author: Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod, James Lovegrove, Maggie Furey, Pat Cadigan, Eric Brown, Simon Spanton (Editor)

THE WEB: 2028 depicts a world very different from ours. Life is dominated by the Web - a global cybernetwork of virtual worlds. And no-one's lives are dominated more than the children's. The Web is the internet of the future; a vast network of virtual reality sites that have become the playground for the children o... more »f the world and the stage for mankind's first contact. A contact that will be made with our children.

Contents:

Webcrash [Web • 7] (1998) / novella by Stephen Baxter: 2028. Aliens arrive - the first of a brand new series of adventures in the Web. Metaphor is still as excited by the web as anyone else her age. But even she isn't ready for the chaos and excitement that comes when the whole system crashes.
Cydonia [Web • 8] (1998) / novella by Ken MacLeod: Two kids are arch rivals in Crisis Crater, the new combat game on the Web but when they fall foul of the shadowy conspirators and paranoid webcops who are all drawn to the Cydonia conspiracy on the Web, they soon find that the only way to survive is to trust someone else and join forces.
Computopia [Web • 9] (1998) / novella by James Lovegrove: Jerry's father is setting up a rival system to the web. But Jerry is worried that he has been hoodwinked by his partner into a venture which holds danger for everyone. The new system is called the Net and it seems too good to be true. When Jerry visits the Net and is pursued by a savage Great White shark that bears an uncanny resemblance to his fathers business partner, he soon learns the truth.
Spindrift [Web • 10] (1998) / novella by Maggie Furey: With the disapperance of the sorceress, Cat felt all her troubles were over, but with aliens in the web there is a trouble on the way for everyone. And cat soon finds herself caught up in a vortex of deceit and strange happenings. The last thing she expects is to be helped by 4 World War 1 fighter planes with a life all their own.
Avatar [Web • 11] (1999) / novella by Pat Cadigan:Paralysed after a diving accident, Max uses link-ups designed to let people experience the infinite worlds of the Web to experience Realworld instead. However, there are others using people like Max to get into Realworld, others who have travelled a very long way to get there.
Walkabout [Web • 12] (1999) / novella by Eric Brown: Suzie Wollagong loves two things: playing football and sampling the infinite excitements of the Web. She's meant to be concentrating on the up-coming under-16s matches against New Zealand, but she is more interested in the explanation behind what's going on in the Triassic Park site on the Web.

ISBN-13: 9781857988703
ISBN-10: 1857988701
Publication Date: 11/11/1999
Pages: 630
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Publisher: Gollancz/Orion Publ Co
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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