War Of The Worlds: Cyberspace And The High-tech Assault On Reality

Mark Slouka

ISBN 10: 0465004873 / ISBN 13: 9780465004874

Published by Basic Books, 1996

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204 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: War Of The Worlds: Cyberspace And The High-tech Assault On Reality
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465004873
• ISBN 13: 9780465004874
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Warning: A technological revolution is unfolding that promises, in the words of its creators, to redefine what it means to be human. Face-to-face communication (“F2F” to those in the know) is quickly becoming obsolete; already we turn to computers for information, entertainment, companionship—even love. Science fiction? Hardly. This is the brave new vision of the digital avant-garde, computer crusaders leading a high-tech assault on what was once known as reality. Sophisticated, well-funded, unabashedly messianic, they have the power, the technological know-how, and the marketplace savvy to make good on many of their wildest prophecies. With War of the Worlds, Mark Slouka gives us a funny, but eerily disturbing, humanist's look at the culture of cyberspace.

About the Author

Mark Slouka is a lecturer in literature and culture at the University of California, San Diego. He's currently writing a book on the decline of the physical world in modern life, and his fiction has appeared in Harper's magazine.