Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology

Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology. James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, editors. San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, 2007.[1]

Anthology, apparently of already-published short stories by important authors in the field.

Contents: "Bicycle Repairman" by Bruce Sterling "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland" by Gwyneth Jones "How We Got in Town and Out Again" by Jonathan Lethem "Yeyuka" by Greg Egan "The Final Remake of The Return of Little Latin Larry With a Completely Remastered Soundtrack and the Original Audience" by Pat Cadigan "Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City" by William Gibson "The Wedding Album" by David Marusek "Daddy’s World" by Walter Jon Williams "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" by Michael Swanwick "Lobsters " by Charles Stross "What’s Up, Tiger Lily" by Paul Di Filippo "The Voluntary State” by Christopher Rowe "Two Dreams on a Train” by Elizabeth Bear "The Calorie Man” by Paolo Bacigalupi "Search Engine” by Mary Rosenblum "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth” by Cory Doctorow[2]

Reviewed by Sandor Klapcsik in SFRA Review #284 (Spring 2008): pp. 15-16, who notes that, "While some entries (Charles Stross's 'Lobsters'; Cory Doctorow's 'When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth') focus strongly on techno-geek culture, others apply high-tech ideas in more down-to-earth contexts (Mary Rosenblum's 'Search Engine'; Paolo Bacigalupi's 'The Calorie Man')."[3]

RDE, finishing, 5Jan21