The book is a collection of nine short stories telling the tale of three generations of a family before, during, and after a technological singularity. It was originally written as a series of novelettes and novellas, all published in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine in the period 2001 to 2004. According to Stross, the initial inspiration for the stories was his experience working as a programmer for a high-growth company during the dot-com boom of the 1990s. The first three stories follow the character of agalmic "venture altruist" Manfred Macx, starting in the early 21st century; the second three stories follow his daughter Amber; and the final three focus largely on Amber's son Sirhan in the completely transformed world at the end of the century.

Alt.Cyberpunk.Chatsubo Anthology 2 still a low rent hi tech literary usenet group hiding behind Charlie in the internet's back alleys.This is the second installment of a global collective bent on making their works read by as many people as will take the time to stop for a moment.This anthology you now hold in your hands in a collection of stories from writers all over the world connected by nothing more than usenet, email and the driving desire to make our works known to more than our small group.There are twenty four unique stories within, written by eleven authors from around the globe. We hope you enjoy them. Maybe you will even be tempted to order a drink at the bar just don't forget your machine gun etiquette.

Ian Cormac, a legendary Earth Central Security agent, the James Bond of a wealthy future, is hunting an interstellar dragon, little knowing that, far away, his competition has resurrected an horrific killing machine named "Mr. Crane" to assist in a similar hunt, ecompassing whole star systems. Mr. Crane, the insane indestructible artificial man now in a new metal body, seeks to escape a bloody past he can neither forget nor truly remember. And he is on a collision course with Ian Cormac.

Set in a near future where a second American civil war rages, a lone journalist is stranded in the middle of New York City, now a brutal no-man's-land. Mirroring current events, DMZ is an unforgiving look at what a 'war on terror' can do to a civilian population.

"The Matrix Trilogy: Cyberpunk Reloaded" is a collection of critical essays on the massive phenomenon that is the three "Matrix" films, including the subsequent Web sites, computer games and The Animatrix films. Among the topics considered are the new cyberpunk, Baudrillarian simulacra, the politics of gender and race, the femme fatale, costume, cyberculture and the body, virtual realities and special effects. Discussing both the influences on the trilogy and the impact they have had since their release, the contributors to this collection provide critically innovative readings of the franchise. "The Matrix Trilogy: Cyberpunk Reloaded" is a long-awaited exploration of a modern film phenomenon and is the first academic publication to consider the films as a cultural event.

By 2054, all physical interaction is performed by remote control artificial humanoids known as “surrogates.” After multiple surrogates are mysteriously destroyed, a police lieutenant begins the hunt for the perpetrator. He soon discovers the suspect (known as “Steeplejack”) is out to rid the world of surrogates due to society’s superficial use of them. A prequel, The Surrogates: Flesh and Bone, and a live action Hollywood adaptation were released in 2009.

In a world where the real and virtual are one and the same and the dead can come back to life, the damsel in distress may be none other than the infamous Quellcrist Falconer, the vaporized symbol of a freedom now gone from Harlan's World. Kovacs can deal with the madness of AI. He can do his part in a battle against biomachines gone wild, search for a three-centuries-old missing weapons system, and live with a blood feud with the yakuza, and even with the betrayal of people he once trusted. But when his relationship with the Falconer brings him an enemy specially designed to destroy him, he knows it's time to be afraid.