Editor: Pat Cadigan & Martin Greenberg
First Published: 2004
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 innovators as Lewis Shiner and Rudy Rucker. 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.
Featured Stories:
Alfred Bester, “Fondly Fahrenheit”
Philip K. Dick, “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”
Rudy Rucker, “57th Franz Kafka”
William Gibson, “Burning Chrome”
Greg Bear, “Blood Music”
Lewis Shriner, “Till Human Voices Wake Us”
John Shirley, “Freezone”
William Gibson & Michael Swanwick, “Dogfight”
Bruce Sterling, “Green Days in Brunei”
James Tiptree, Jr. “The Girl Who was Plugged in”
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