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Semiotext(e) SF
by
Rudy Rucker ,
John Shirley , Nick Herbert , Rachel Pollack , Bob McGlynn , Kerry Thornley , William Gibson , Sol Yurick
,
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Introduction Peter Lamborn Wilson & Rudy Rucker
The Toshiba H-P Waldo Mike Saenz story
Acknowledgments Peter Lamborn Wilson
Preface Rbt Anton Wilson
Metamorphosis #89 Don Webb story
We See Things Differently Bruce Sterling novelette
America Comes Bruce Boston poem
Frankenstein Penis Ernest Hogan story
Six Kinds of Darkness John Shirley story
More Subatomic Particles Nick...more
The Toshiba H-P Waldo Mike Saenz story
Acknowledgments Peter Lamborn Wilson
Preface Rbt Anton Wilson
Metamorphosis #89 Don Webb story
We See Things Differently Bruce Sterling novelette
America Comes Bruce Boston poem
Frankenstein Penis Ernest Hogan story
Six Kinds of Darkness John Shirley story
More Subatomic Particles Nick...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
August 1st 1991
by Autonomedia (NYC)
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Sep 24, 2011
Alan
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People who have not yet had their fill
Recommended to Alan by:
A desire for the exotic and transgressive
This unruly anthology of self-consciously transgressive fiction came out in 1989 and... it shows. In some good ways—there's so much enthusiasm! Collage art and poetry and short stories and autobiographical essays... such a wide range of content! Explicit sex and violence and scatological musings, sometimes all in the same paragraph! And the editors at Autonomedia managed to pull in a number of big names for their project, such as J.G. Ballard; Philip Jose Farmer; and Robert Anton Wilson, as well...more
Un capolavoro della letteratura cyberpunk ed underground. Un'antologia di racconti estremi, racconti nascosti degli autori più celebri e racconti di scrittori ai confini estremi della produzione letteraria. Tutti racconti precedentemente rifiutati, perché giudicati eccessivi, e adesso messi insieme.
Ho amato tutto di questa antologia, a cominciare dalla prefazione che ne spiega le finalità: è un manifesto della letteratura cyberpunk-underground, come unica e vera forma artistica propria dei nostr...more
Ho amato tutto di questa antologia, a cominciare dalla prefazione che ne spiega le finalità: è un manifesto della letteratura cyberpunk-underground, come unica e vera forma artistica propria dei nostr...more
What a disappointment this book turned out to be, particularly considering the awesome reputations and writings of its three editors, Rudy Rucker, Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey), and Robert Anton Wilson. While a few of the stories were really thought-provoking or well written (four- or five-star material), they were few and far between, buried beneath an avalanche of dross. Far too many of the authors in this book mistook stories about fucking for cutting edge, "transgressive" science fict...more
this semiotext(e) is a collection of short stories which are strange, jarring, and full of fun escapades through sciencefictionalized universes.
the intro to the collection really got me, though, declaring that all our realities are dead and that any literature attempting to portray these multi-faceted and yet dead realities is useless and worse, boring! that's a powerful and disguised mandate, and so far the stories have lived up to it.
they're great fun and i've lost a lot of minutes reading al...more
the intro to the collection really got me, though, declaring that all our realities are dead and that any literature attempting to portray these multi-faceted and yet dead realities is useless and worse, boring! that's a powerful and disguised mandate, and so far the stories have lived up to it.
they're great fun and i've lost a lot of minutes reading al...more
This is some of the weirdest stuff I have ever read in my life, and that is not a mild statement. If you like sci-fi that is hard-edged, violent, sexy, deeply disturbing, and psychotic, run out and get this book forthwith. If, on the other hand, you prefer Isaac Asimov, and work of that sort, God bless, but stay the hell away from this book. You will not like it.
I wanted to give this anthology four stars—and I would have, if I had read it twenty years ago. For the contemporary reader it's dated but not enough to be of much interest. There's good reading in there, some wacky, fun, dark stuff, but this book isn't going to grab you and drag you down any mysterious paths.
Crazy cyberpunk short fiction and essays from the masters of the underground...
It has the hippie hat brain parasite in it. How could you not like it?
Jan 07, 2008
Tessa
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
psudo-cyberpunks who hate science fiction
According to the editors this book sought to publish Science Fiction short stories that were too weird, obscene, or experimental for mainstream science fiction publications and they did. Themes range from modern day centaur hunts to psychotropic architecture and the first porno film shot in outer space. I'm not terribly fond of science fiction in general but I found most of the stories to be enjoyably weird and some of them to be truly fantastic.
Feb 10, 2012
Erik Graff
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
sf fans
Recommended to Erik by:
James Koehnline
Shelves:
sf
Trying to one better than Harlan Ellison did in his Dangerous Visions series, Autonomedia presents a host of offbeat science fiction stories and poetry--a considerable number of them by name authors.
Read this in bed in Michigan, particularly liking the pieces about the Autonomous Zones.
Read this in bed in Michigan, particularly liking the pieces about the Autonomous Zones.
Sembra più una raccolta di divertissement dei rispettivi autori e mi spiego perché non li avessero pubblicati prima se non, al massimo, su delle ‘zine più o meno note.
Ve lo sconsiglio decisamente.
Il resto della recensione presso http://snurl.com/i58px .
Ve lo sconsiglio decisamente.
Il resto della recensione presso http://snurl.com/i58px .
Aug 10, 2010
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mostly meh, with some standouts. why people believe sex = innovative i don't know.
Fun to read out loud.
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Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk genre. He is best known for his Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which won Philip K. Dick awards. Presently, Rudy Rucker edits the science fiction webzine Flurb.
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