Cyber-killers

Alexander, Ric

ISBN 10: 0752809806 / ISBN 13: 9780752809809

Published by Orion, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cyber-killers
• Publisher: Orion
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752809806
• ISBN 13: 9780752809809
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 660 grams

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Synopsis

The Internet, cyberspace and the information it's the future and the future of crime. Computer crime, murder in virtual reality, Internet terrorism, robotic investigators, the possibilities are all explored in this anthology of short stories from pre-90s, from some of the biggest names in science fiction. The good stuff was still good, the poor stuff was still poor. Peter Haining, writing as "Ric Alexander" (Editor).* Introduction (Cyber-Killers) essay by Peter F. Hamilton* # ifdefDEBUG + "world/enough" + "time" (1990) / short story by Terry Pratchett* Blood Music (1983) / novelette by Greg Bear* Sam Hall [Sam Hall Universe] (1953) / novelette by Poul Anderson* Blood Sisters (1979) / novelette by Joe Haldeman* Crime on Mars (1960) / short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Trouble with Time)* The Pardoner's Tale (1987) / short story by Robert Silverberg* A Gift from the Culture [Culture] (1987) / short story by Iain M. Banks* Murder Will In [Afterlife of Bailey] (1970) / novelette by Frank Herbert* The Undercity (1973) / short story by Dean R. Koontz [as by Dean Koontz]* Imposter (1986) / short story by Philip K. Dick (variant of Impostor 1953)* Fondly Fahrenheit (1954) / novelette by Alfred Bester* Comfort Me, My Robot (1955) / short story by Robert Bloch* Home Is the Hangman [Nemo] (1975) / novella by Roger Zelazny* Watchbird (1953) / short story by Robert Sheckley* From Fanaticism, or for Reward [Matter Transmitter] (1969) / short story by Harry Harrison* Adventure of the Metal Murderer [Berserker] (1980) / short story by Fred Saberhagen* A Kind of Murder [Teleportation] (1974) / short story by Larry Niven* Zone of Terror (1960) / short story by J. G. Ballard* Tricentennial (1976) / short story by John Shirley* Johnny Mnemonic (1981)/ short story by William Gibson* Angel (1987) / short story by Pat Cadigan* Dreamers (1984) / short story by Kim Newman* Virtually Lucid Lucy (1992) / short story by Ian Watson* Virtually Alive (1995) / short story by Peter James.