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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-10059346723X

ISBN-139780593467237

eBay Product ID (ePID)5058812632

Product Key Features

Book TitleBig Book of Cyberpunk

Number of Pages1136 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Science Fiction / Cyberpunk

Publication Year2023

GenreFiction

AuthorJared Shurin

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.9 in

Item Weight42.3 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-057339

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SynopsisAward-winning anthologist Jared Shurin brings together over a hundred stories from more than twenty-five countris that both establish and subvert the classic cyberpunk tropes and aesthetic-from gritty, near-future noir to pulse-pouning action. Urban rebels undermine monolithic corporate overlords. Daring heists are conducted through back alleys and the darkest parts of the online world. There's dangerous new technology, cybernetic enhancements, scheming Al, corporate mercenaries, improbable weapons, and roguish hackers. These tales examine the near-now, extrapolating the most provocative trends into fascinating and plausible futures. We live in an increasingly cyberpunk world-packed with complex technologies and globalized social trends. A world so bizarre that even futurists couln't explain it-though many authors in this book have come closer than most. As both an introduction to the genre and the perfect compendium for the lifelong fan. The Big Book of Cyberpunk offers a hundred ways to understand where we are and where we're going., A genre-defining -- and redefining-- collection of the boldest, most rebellious, and most prescient speculative fiction, featuring stories from all over the globe. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." Almost forty years ago, William Gibson wrote the line that began Neuromancer-- and a movement that would change the face of science fiction. Award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin brings together over a hundred stories from more than twenty-five countries that both establish and subvert the classic cyberpunk tropes and aesthetic--from gritty, near-future noir to pulse-pounding action. Urban rebels undermine monolithic corporate overlords. Daring heists are conducted through back alleys and the darkest parts of the online world. There's dangerous new technology, cybernetic enhancements, scheming AI, corporate mercenaries, improbable weapons, and roguish hackers. These tales examine the near-now, extrapolating the most provocative trends into fascinating and plausible futures. We live in an increasingly cyberpunk world--packed with complex technologies and globalized social trends. A world so bizarre that even futurists couldn't explain it--though many authors in this book have come closer than most. As both an introduction to the genre and the perfect compendium for the lifelong fan, The Big Book of Cyberpunk offers a hundred ways to understand where we are and where we're going.

LC Classification NumberPN6120.95.S33B48