Virtual Worlds Literature

Bad Dream (John Christopher) ---»

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An awesome book, one of John Christophers latest from 2003, in which Britain and the European Union are dealing with the strange threats that new technology brings to age old notions of freedom, humanity, et al. Once again Samuel Youd displays his craft at psychology: the characters are incredibly well written. He has a penchant [...]

Tales from Inside the Boerarrium, Science Fiction Vol. I (A.K. Otterness) ---»

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Clearly a New Weird bias. Similar writing to Jonathan Lethem, kinda stoney, memory and feelings and sci-fi stuff, artistic. But a few shorts in this book are demented and hilarious. Ok, like Plantaddict. Or The Klotho Trigger. Like old Amazing Science Fiction pulp magazine writing. A couple hard-sf stories, mostly republished from early 1990s magazines [...]

Frek and the Elixir (Rudy Rucker) ---»

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An adventure story of the boy and his dog type, although distorted through the lens of Rucker. Not as exciting as some of his more theoretical based books, but still quite a good read. The ecology angle is good and contemporary. Item: Aside from Treasure Island, not that into the formula. However, my 16 year [...]

Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon) ---»

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Thomas Pynchon: Ultimate Space Junky. Back before we had the neutrino ultra-engine drive, we had dirigibles and zeppelins and rattlesnakes in the desert which no one visited except old prospecting mountain men. And then, we had Pynchon. Against the Day is like steampunked cyberpunk with old pieces of wood and dried twigs for broadband. Thats [...]