Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge : Cyberpunk, Virtual Reality, Wetware, Designer Aphrodisiacs, Artificial Life, Techno-Erotic Paganism, an [Paperback]

Rudy Rucker (Author), R. U. Sirius (Author), Queen Mu (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1992

An introduction to the coming revolution in art, technology, media, chemistry, science, and music discusses amino chemistry, manotechnology, high-tech paganism, teledildonics, and more. $75,000 ad/promo.

Product Details

• Paperback: 317 pages
• Publisher: Perennial; 1st edition (November 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060969288
• ISBN-13: 978-0060969288
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #654,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The year was 1992 and there was a future of techno-shamen, raves, and cyberpunk computing, February 3, 2009

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Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge : Cyberpunk, Virtual Reality, Wetware, Designer Aphrodisiacs, Artificial Life, Techno-Erotic Paganism, an (Paperback)

Instead we got Windows 95, AOL users on the Internet, LinkedIn, and the RIAA/MPAA lawsuits. Oh yeah, and this book is still around. It probably looked dated to the folks in the offset printing factory, but it's a fun, colorful, vibrantly funky dated. It's a great read of the late, somewhat lamented, Mondo 2000 crowd.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 90's nostalgia, March 7, 2008

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B. B. Bridenbaugh "KingNot" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge : Cyberpunk, Virtual Reality, Wetware, Designer Aphrodisiacs, Artificial Life, Techno-Erotic Paganism, an (Paperback)

This book was a very fun find for me, especially as I live in a more rural area and missed a lot of the "Cyberculture" including most of Mondo 2000's run... Oh, well...

I really liked reading from it, and even now it would be worth a look.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you read mondo 2000, there are no surprises here, but..., April 2, 1998

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This review is from: Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge : Cyberpunk, Virtual Reality, Wetware, Designer Aphrodisiacs, Artificial Life, Techno-Erotic Paganism, an (Paperback)

If you have read Mondo 2000 before, then nothing in this book will be much of a surprise. In fact in 1998 this book is clearly retro. Still, to the new reader you will find much of the information interesting. The format is basically an A-Z of popular memes and cultural phenomena with a pseudo hypertext interface.
High gloss and flashy. Suitable for a coffee table, but you might want to keep it on your reference shelf.