Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century

Item Number

QA76.9.C66D47 1996

Author/Artist/Editor

Mark Dery

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

1996

Press/Publisher

Grove Press

Language

English

Description

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of the high-tech subcultures that both celebrate and critique our wired world: would-be cyborgs who believe the body is obsolete and dream of downloading their minds into computers, cyber-hippies who boost their brainpower with smart drugs and mind machines, on-line swingers seeking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.

Important Notes

Signed Copy

Keywords

cyberculture, technology, scholarly discussions

ISSN/ISBN

978-0802135209

Availability

Available