Reviews"[The] strange, cinematically atmospheric story, 'Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City,' fits perfectly inRewired." -William Gibson, author,Spook Country, "Cyberpunk has grown past its rebel stage and is now not only capable of dazzling us with surfaces but also of speaking of the human condition." -- Tangent, "Fascinating, and indispensable to any serious SF reader... Rewired is one of the best imaginable anthologies covering what SF is doing right now...." --Andrew Wheeler "...cyberpunk has grown past its rebel stage and is now not only capable of dazzling us with surfaces but also of speaking of the human condition...." -- Tangent "...an excellent collection and a reminder that the short story is often the best venue for new ideas in the field." -- SF Crowsnest "...sixteen inspiring, mind-altering stories...and every story in the bunch is a knockout." -- BoingBoing.net, "Sixteen inspiring, mind-altering stories . . . and every story in the bunch is a knockout." —BoingBoing.net, "A short story collection filled with very good stories by very good science fiction writers offering very engaging ideas." --PopMatters, "Sixteen inspiring, mind-altering stories . . . and every story in the bunch is a knockout." --BoingBoing.net, "A short story collection filled with very good stories by very good science fiction writers offering very engaging ideas." —PopMatters, "[The] strange, cinematically atmospheric story, 'Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City,' fits perfectly in Rewired ." --William Gibson, author, Spook Country, "Cyberpunk has grown past its rebel stage and is now not only capable of dazzling us with surfaces but also of speaking of the human condition." -Tangent, "Cyberpunk has grown past its rebel stage and is now not only capable of dazzling us with surfaces but also of speaking of the human condition." — Tangent, Fascinating, and indispensable to any serious SF reader... Rewired is one of the best imaginable anthologies covering what SF is doing right now...." —Andrew Wheeler ...cyberpunk has grown past its rebel stage and is now not only capable of dazzling us with surfaces but also of speaking of the human condition...." — Tangent ...an excellent collection and a reminder that the short story is often the best venue for new ideas in the field." — SF Crowsnest ...sixteen inspiring, mind-altering stories...and every story in the bunch is a knockout." — BoingBoing.net, Praise for Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology "Sixteen inspiring, mind-altering stories...and every story in the bunch is a knockout." -- Boing Boing "Fascinating, and indispensable to any serious SF reader... Rewired is one of the best imaginable anthologies covering what SF is doing right now." --Andrew Wheeler "Cyberpunk has grown past its rebel stage and is now not only capable of dazzling us with surfaces but also of speaking of the human condition...." -- Tangent "An excellent collection and a reminder that the short story is often the best venue for new ideas in the field." -- SF Crowsnest, "A short story collection filled with very good stories by very good science fiction writers offering very engaging ideas." -PopMatters, "Sixteen inspiring, mind-altering stories . . . and every story in the bunch is a knockout." -BoingBoing.net, Credit Kessel and Kelly, too, for the grace of their introduction, the art of the book's arrangement, and the modesty of their editorial presence." -- Michael Bishop, Nebula Award-winning author, Ancient of Days", "An excellent collection and a reminder that the short story is often the best venue for new ideas in the field." —SF Crowsnest.com, "An excellent collection and a reminder that the short story is often the best venue for new ideas in the field." -SF Crowsnest.com, "An excellent collection and a reminder that the short story is often the best venue for new ideas in the field." --SF Crowsnest.com, "[The] strange, cinematically atmospheric story, 'Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City,' fits perfectly in Rewired ." —William Gibson, author, Spook Country
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SynopsisCyberpunk is dead. The revolution has been co-opted by half-assed heroes, overclocked CGI, and tricked-out shades. Once radical, cyberpunk is now nothing more than a brand. Time to stop flipping the channel. These sixteen extreme stories reveal a government ninja routed by a bicycle repairman, the inventor of digitized paper hijacked by his college crush, a dead boy trapped in a warped storybook paradise, and the queen of England attacked with the deadliest of forbidden technology: a working modem. You'll meet Manfred Macx, renegade meme-broker, Red Sonja, virtual reality sex-goddess, and Felix, humble sys-admin and post-apocalyptic hero. Editors James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel (Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology) have united cyberpunk visionaries William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and Pat Cadigan with the new post-cyberpunk vanguard, including Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, and Jonathan Lethem. Including a canon-establishing introduction and excerpts from a hotly contested online debate, Rewired is the first anthology to define and capture the crackling excitement of the post-cyberpunks. From the grittiness of Mirrorshades to the Singularity and beyond, it's time to revive the revolution., Cyberpunk is dead. The revolution has been co-opted by half-assed heroes, overclocked CGI, and tricked-out shades. Once radical, cyberpunk is now nothing more than a brand. Time to stop flipping the channel. These sixteen extreme stories reveal a government ninja routed by a bicycle repairman, the inventor of digitized paper hijacked by his college crush, a dead boy trapped in a warped storybook paradise, and the queen of England attacked with the deadliest of forbidden technology: a working modem. You'll meet Manfred Macx, renegade meme-broker, Red Sonja, virtual reality sex-goddess, and Felix, humble sys-admin and post-apocalyptic hero. Editors James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel ( Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology ) have united cyberpunk visionaries William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and Pat Cadigan with the new post-cyberpunk vanguard, including Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, and Jonathan Lethem. Including a canon-establishing introduction and excerpts from a hotly contested online debate, Rewired is the first anthology to define and capture the crackling excitement of the post-cyberpunks. From the grittiness of Mirrorshades to the Singularity and beyond, it's time to revive the revolution., Following the rapid evolution of cyberpunk from Bruce Sterling and William Gibson into the current millennium, this vivid anthology welcomes a new generation of exciting writers to take the genre in new and unexpected directions. Cyberpunk freewheels with punk rock energy, careening between the internet, bioengineering, and international politics, its influence saturating entertainment and the mass media. Drawing on the traditions of the pioneering cyberpunk manifesto, "Mirrorshades", each story delves into the gritty world of technological change. Legendary "Mirrorshades" editor and contributor Bruce Sterling is back, alongside such cutting-edge writers as Cory Doctorow, Jonathan Lethem, Gwyneth Jones, Hal Duncan, Charles Stross, and Pat Cadigan. With a daring introduction from James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, editors of the controversial "Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology", this collection is an exhilarating snapshot of a vibrant literary movement.