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Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century

by Mark Dery

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An Unforgettable Journey into the Dark Heart of the Information Age In Escape Velocity Mark Dery takes is on an electrifying tour of the high-tech subcultures that both celebrate and critique our wired world: would-be cyborgs who believe the body is obsolete and dream of downloading their minds into computers, cyber-hippies who boost their brainpower with smart drugs and mind machines, on-line swingers seeking cybersex on electronic bulletin boards, techno-primitives who sport show more "biomechanical" tattoos of computer circuitry; and cyberpunk roboticists whose MadMax contraptions duel to the death before howling crowds. Timely, trenchant, and provocative, Escape Velocity is the first truly critical inquiry into cyberculture-essential reading for everyone interested in computer culture and the shape of things to come. show less

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Original title: Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century
Original publication date: 1996

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Languages: 6 — Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Media: Paper, Ebook
ISBNs: 12
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Published: 1996
Genres: Nonfiction, Technology, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 306.1
LCC: QA76.9 .C66 .D47

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