The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vol. 1

The Big Book of Cyberpunk is a genre-defining and redefining collection of fiction, featuring over a hundred stories from across the globe that both establish and subvert classic Cyberpunk tropes and aesthetic. Set across two volumes, it explores the near-now, extrapolating the most provocative trends into fascinating and plausible futures.

Format: Hardback
Length: 752 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2024
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

A colossal, mind-expanding, and mind-blowing revelation Lisa Tuttle, Guardian

A genre-defining and redefining collection of fiction's boldest, most rebellious, and most prophetic genre, featuring a smorgasbord of stories from across the globe.

In The Big Book of Cyberpunk, award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin brings together over a hundred stories from more than twenty-five different countries. Here are tales that both establish and subvert the classic Cyberpunk tropes and aesthetic – from gritty, near-future noir to pulse-pounding action.

Urban rebels undermine their monolithic corporate overlords, daring heists are conducted through back alleys and the darkest parts of the online world, and dangerous new technology, cybernetic enhancements, scheming AIs, corporate mercenaries, improbable weapons, and roguish hackers all collide into rich, thrilling entertainment. Set across two volumes, these are stories that examine the near-now, extrapolating the most provocative trends into fascinating and plausible futures.

We live in an increasingly Cyberpunk world, packed with complex technologies and globalised social trends. It is a world so bizarre that even the futurists couldn't explain it – though many authors in this book have come closer than most. As both an introduction to the genre and the perfect compendium for the lifelong fan, The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 offer more than a hundred ways to understand where we are, and where we're going – or simply the opportunity to venture down dazzling, neon-slicked streets.

Weight: 958g
Dimension: 241 x 157 x 53 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781784879297