Rewired The PostCyberpunk Anthology Author:James Patrick Kelly (Editor), John Kessel (Editor) Anthology of 16 stories looking at developments in SF style growing out of the cyberpunk movement. Stories are interspersed with quotations from correspondence between John Kessel and Bruce Sterling debating the merits of cyberpunk. — Following the rapid evolution of cyberpunk from Bruce Sterling and William Gibson into the current millennium, th... more »is 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.
Contents:
Introduction: Hacking Cyberpunk by James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel;
Sterling-Kessel Correspondence;
* Bicycle Repairman / Bruce Sterling;
* Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland / Gwyneth Jones;
* How We Got in Town and out Again / Jonathan Lethem ;
* Yeyuka / Greg Egan;
* The Final Remake of “The Return of Little Latin Larry,” with a Completely Remastered Soundtrack and the Original Audience / Pat Cadigan;
* Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City / William Gibson;
* The Wedding Album / David Marusek;
* Daddy’s World / Walter Jon Williams;
* The Dog Said Bow-Wow / Michael Swanwick;
* Lobsters / Charles Stross;
* What’s Up, Tiger Lily? / Paul Di Filippo;
* The Voluntary State / Christopher Rowe;
* Two Dreams on Trains / Elizabeth Bear;
* The Calorie Man / Paolo Bacigalupi;
* Search Engine / Mary Rosenblum;
* When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth / Cory Doctorow.« less