A study of postmodern literature which brings together extracts from the works of contemporary science fiction writers and major theorists of postmodern art and culture in order to examine their shared preoccupation with the theme of technology shaping and over-running modern li…
Een jonge vrouw krijgt een baan bij het grootste ICT-bedrijf ter wereld; na verloop van tijd begint ze te twijfelen aan de werkwijze van het concern.
Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company. The story of one woman's ambition and idealism becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.
"In the future, revivors, technologically reanimated corpses, fight an endless war abroad. On the home front, they're a black market commodity providing labor and pleasure for those willing to pay for them. But Agent Nico Wachalowski knows revivors are more than what they seem. …
"In the future, revivors, technologically reanimated corpses, fight an endless war abroad. On the home front, they're a black market commodity providing labor and pleasure for those willing to pay for them. But Agent Nico Wachalowski knows revivors are more than what they seem. …
Presents a collection of thirty short stories which explores alternate worlds from the past in which women and social classes are oppressed and anachronistic technology is used to bring about a better future.
Greg Egan's The Clockwork Rocket introduced readers to an exotic universe where the laws of physics are very different from our own, where the speed of light varies in ways Einstein would never allow, and where intelligent life has evolved in unique and fascinating ways. Now Ega…
"The generation ship Peerless is in search of advanced technology capable of sparing their home planet from imminent destruction. In theory, the ship is traveling fast enough that it can traverse the cosmos for generations, and still return home only a few years after they depar…
After being exposed to radioactive particles as part of a clean-up gang in the depths of space, Tanyana develops an ability to understand the apparently sentient stuff. Powerless, penniless, and scarred, Tanyana must adjust to her new life collecting magical garbage--but she soo…