Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present - Softcover

Doctorow, Cory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560259817 ISBN 13: 9781560259817

Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007

Synopsis

Presents a collection of short stories that focus on computers, the Internet, and technology.

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Review:

"Cory Doctorow is just far enough ahead of the game to give you the authentic chill of the future.... Funny as hell and sharp as steel." -- Warren Ellis

Synopsis:

Have you ever wondered what it's like to get bitten by a zombie? To live through a bioweapon attack? To have every aspect of your life governed by invisible ants? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mindbending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology and its various uses run amok. "Anda's Game" is a spin on the bizarre new phenomenon of "cyber sweatshops," in which people are paid very low wages to play online games all day in order to generate in-game wealth, which can be converted into actual money. Another tale tells of the heroic exploits of "sysadmins" systems administrators as they defend the cyber-world, and hence the world at large, from worms and bioweapons. And yes, there is a story about zombies, too.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1560259817
• ISBN 13: 9781560259817
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304