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.

Contents

“Introduction: Hacking Cyberpunk” by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel

“Bicycle Repairman” by Bruce Sterling
“Lobsters” by Charles Stross
“The Voluntary State” by Christopher Rowe
“When Sysadmins Rules the Earth” by Cory Doctorow
“The Wedding Album” by David Marusek
“Two Dreams on Trains” by Elizabeth Bear
“Yeyuka” by Greg Egan
“Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland” by Gwyneth Jones
Sterling-Kessel Correspondence
“How We Got in Town and out Again” by Jonathan Lethem
“Search Engine” by Mary Rosenblum
“The Dog Said Bow-Wow” by Michael Swanwick
“The Calorie Man” By Paolo Bagciaglupi
“The Final Remake of The Return of Little Latin Larry With a Completely Remastered ‘Soundtrack’” by Pat Cadigan
“What’s Up Tiger Lily?” by Paul Di Filippo
“Daddy’s World” by Walter Jon Williams
“Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City” by William Gibson