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The Big Book of Cyberpunk #2
The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vol. II
VOLUME TWO OF TWO
A genre-defining-and redefining-collection of fiction's boldest, most rebellious, and most prescient genre, featuring a smorgasbord of 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, more importantly, cyberpunk - 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 different 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 AIs, 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 than even the 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-or simply venture down some dazzling, neon-slicked streets.
A genre-defining-and redefining-collection of fiction's boldest, most rebellious, and most prescient genre, featuring a smorgasbord of 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, more importantly, cyberpunk - 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 different 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 AIs, 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 than even the 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-or simply venture down some dazzling, neon-slicked streets.
880 pages, Hardcover
First published May 2, 2024
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About the author
Jared Shurin
36 books106 followersJared Shurin has edited or co-edited over two dozen anthologies of original and reprint fiction, including The Djinn Falls in Love, The Lowest Heaven, The Outcast Hours, the Best of British Fantasy series, and The Big Book of Cyberpunk.
He has been a finalist for the World Fantasy (twice!), Shirley Jackson (twice!), and Hugo Awards (twice!), and won the British Fantasy Award (twice!).
He currently writes about strategy, books and pop culture at Raptor Velocity.
He has been a finalist for the World Fantasy (twice!), Shirley Jackson (twice!), and Hugo Awards (twice!), and won the British Fantasy Award (twice!).
He currently writes about strategy, books and pop culture at Raptor Velocity.
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January 15, 2025
Cyberpunk throws you into a world with little explanation, as though you are native.
Although I love the genre, I got burnt out halfway through the book trying to slot my brain into so many worlds.
I think I will space out reading the rest of this anthology; one story at a time.
Although I love the genre, I got burnt out halfway through the book trying to slot my brain into so many worlds.
I think I will space out reading the rest of this anthology; one story at a time.
September 1, 2024
A good book well worth a read. I think though long the effort gives the reader a fine map of the Cyberpunk genre and the diversity of it and the importance of reading all the Tome . Yes even the afterward.
I must say that this book is difficult to rate as some of the stories are of such high quality as to be rated 4/5 high but others a mere 2/5 low. As I can only rate in whole numbers it is what it is .Rating the entire book I think it deserves a 3/5 rating and I think it is worth reading.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the genre to anyone who is not in need of a person (robot or homosapiens)to save the day.
I must say that this book is difficult to rate as some of the stories are of such high quality as to be rated 4/5 high but others a mere 2/5 low. As I can only rate in whole numbers it is what it is .Rating the entire book I think it deserves a 3/5 rating and I think it is worth reading.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the genre to anyone who is not in need of a person (robot or homosapiens)to save the day.
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