Web 2028 [Mass Market Paperback]

Stephen Baxter (Author), Ken MacLeod (Author), James Lovegrove (Author)

Book Description

The Web is the internet of the future; a vast network of virtual reality sites that have become the playground for the children of the world and the stage for mankind's first contact. A contact that will be made with our children.

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About the Author

Eric Brown lives in Haworth. He lived in Australia until he was fourteen and has travelled extensively in the Far East. He writes full time and is a regular contributor to Interzone. Pat Cadigan was born in 1953 in Schenectady, New York and grew up in Massachusetts, attending the University of Massachusetts. She moved to England in 1996. Her other books include Synners, Fools (both of which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award) and Patterns. Critical acclaim in SFX, Locus and Infinity Plus A stunning shared world project Top flight genre authors Six novellas for less than USD7 Translation rights sold in Germany, Italy and Portugal James Lovegrove is in his late thirties. He has been identified as one of the most talented of the current crop of British genre writers by numerous critics. His novel DAYS was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He is married and lives in Devon. SALES POINTS WEB 2027 series sold to France, Italy, Norway, Portugal, China, Germany The biggest names in the SF and Fantasy genres Great reviews in genre and mainstream press Linked novellas bought together for first time

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 630 pages
• Publisher: Millennium Paperbacks (November 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857988701
• ISBN-13: 978-1857988703
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,720,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Visions of an exciting hi-tech future WOW!, January 6, 2003

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Jose Bay (Pour Le Monde) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web 2028 (Mass Market Paperback)

In here are 5 different stories from 5 different authors. But somehow they all are connected by the same themes and characters. I managed to read this book within a week. I found it to be well written and easy to understand. It contains short sentences that are easy to absorb. I suspect it may have been written for teenagers. I'm bewildered as to why no one has reviewed this classic book. It's an honour and privilege for me to review it. While it may have been aimed for a younger market the themes in it are ageless and timeless. Mature readers will appreciate it too. What I loved about it was how my current net experience, while relatively plain, simple and uneventful, is correlated to this future vision of spectacular marvel. In one word, it's fascinating how it views the future of virtual reality and the (hopefully) future eventuating of how the Internet will prosper and develop to encompass our daily lives. I just loved how it projects people into simulated worlds like a cat with nine lives. From history to future space everything and anything is imagined within the Web 2028 and with vivid, exciting detail that humans can only dream of happening in their wildest fantasies...Overall I recommend this book. While I'm normally a sci-fi fan who liked Star Wars, X Files etc. this book appealed to me. I recommend it for all ages especially the young. I dare say it's better than Harry Potter as it's relevant to the current Zeigiest way of life and modern pop culture. Who wants to read about witches and magic when you can summon visions of a promising and idealized utopian high tech future. [Forget} Potter and Lord Of The Rings, read this book NOW!!!