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Gothic High-Tech [Hardcover]

Bruce Sterling
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January 31, 2012
THE FUTURE IS A KIND OF HISTORY THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET

He's the legendary Cyberpunk Guru. He roams our postmodern planet, from the polychrome tinsel of Los Angeles to the chicken-fried cyberculture of Austin... From the heretical Communist slums of gritty Belgrade to the Gothic industrial castles of artsy Torino...always whipping that slider-bar between the unthinkable and the unimaginable.

He's a Californian design visionary. He's an European electronic-art curator. He's a Swiss professor of media philosophy. He's a Prophet of Augmented Reality, even. He's an author, journalist, editor, critic, theorist, futurist, and blogger. Obviously he's pretty much anything that he can get his hands on.

And he never stops typing. This sixth collection of his fantastic stories is a comic arsenal of dark euphoria. It's even weirder, harsher and more twisted than the scary decade that inspired it. Boy, that's saying something.

If there's one thing dear to the heart of this exotic character, one vital prize he will never, ever surrender, one stony core to his mutable, globalized being, it's his fanatical allegiance to the radical potential of science fiction. That is the truth. Really. That is one hundred percent accurate. You could look that up on Wikipedia.

Just like some far-fetched, globe-trotting antihero from one of his own unsettling, yet darkly prophetic novels, he is... Actually, never mind who he is. Does that matter? Is that an issue for us, really? You know what? We're all done here. Turn the page. We need to pretty much move right along.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 232 pages
  • Publisher: Subterranean; Deluxe Hardcover Edition edition (January 31, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1596064048
  • ISBN-13: 978-1596064041
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #882,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a group of 12 short stories that will make you think.

I know when you read you want to relax and escape. But Sterling's stories grab you by the neck and just won't let go.

The tales in this book are deep, as in you need to pay attention, they are dark, which is why you bought it, and they are exercise, as in your brain gets a work out and you know it.

Not a book to pick up and quickly polish off a story or two while listening to the news, this is a book that DEMANDS your full attention when reading it. Vital and developed but flawed characters. Situations you may or may not recognize. A fast pace that keeps you on your toes.

Not an easy read at times but an investment in your higher intelligence. Go ahead, take a chance, and buy this book.

Recommended
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4 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars do something smart July 1, 2012
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put down your kindle, your ipad, your obscene loyalty to a brand name, and go old school. forget stephenson or gibson and go with the real deal: bruce sterling.
clever writing. laugh and be afraid at the same time. it's your future.
well worth a read, and certainly looks cooler on your bookshelf than that old paperback copy of 'all tomorrow's parties'.
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