![]() Militant and utopian, of the vast, growing international community of cyberspace surfers, or users of telematic networks ( this is about 15 million people in 1994). For many others, cyberpunk is instead a practice, a way of life, a banner under which a part, the most Cyberpunk would therefore be neither more nor less than the science fiction of the moment, the most evolved or the most "trendy" one, whose scenario is dominated by the interaction between the human brain and the cybernetic universe, made up of machines and programs. For many, cyberpunk is something that has to do with a certain type of "consumer" literature: "science fiction". For each story, a card on the author, and a thread towards the rest. ![]() Just a few ideas in the gallery, or rather in the ride between the stories of cyberpunk writers that this anthology contains. And androids, can they make love? It's just one example of what the imagination, and the intelligence, of cyberpunk writers can hold. Computers murmur prayers of plastic and steel, while ancient dragons, built by skilled craftsmen, perhaps manage to resume the paths of heaven. And how about surfing as a method of absolute knowledge, while Chtulhu himself, the Ancient Monster of Lovecraft, reappears in the age of Artificial Intelligences and the theories of Chaos, in a wild, hilarious pop comedy? The world of comics is so real, and that of humans, on the other hand, so fake, that cartoons invade our space-time continuum. How will we live, there, and in all the other places in the world where the almighty Company will move his mother? And if humanity were divided into two great branches, would you prefer to be a Mechanist, an expert in artificial prostheses, or a Shaper, a lover of genetic lines? Another little girl, Cindy, argues that the world is not what it appears: maybe she doesn't have the wheels in place, but in the meantime, under the sofa of her house, dark dungeons full of living cables open up, controlling what happens on the surface. Graphic project by Susanna Gulinucci Cover image from "Science Fiction Eye", 1, 1987 First edition September 1994 Electric riders curated by Daniele Brolli Theoria This book In Darwin, the little girl Kelsey will be nine years old.
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