Escape Velocity : Cyberculture at the End of the Century

ISBN
9780802135209
$16.00
Author Dery, Mark
Format Paperback
Details
  • 9.0" x 6.0" x 1.1"
  • Active Record
  • Individual Title
  • Books
  • 1996
  • 400
  • Yes
  • Print
  • 24
  • QA76.9.C66D47 1996
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of the high-tech subcultures that both celebrate and critique our wired world: would-be cyborgs who believe the body is obsolete and dream of downloading their minds into computers, cyber-hippies who boost their brainpower with smart drugs and mind machines, on-line swingers seeking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 "biomechanical" tattoos of computer circuitry; and cyberpunk roboticists whose Mad Max 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.