They told me drugs were bad, but my curious child's mind couldn't connect two and two. I mean, if drugs were so bad, period, then why would people be putting them into their bodies? So I had to find out, and find out I did: Drugs made me feel a w e s o m e!
Shattered Illusion is a short collection that includes Jeremy Void three longest poems: "My Psychedelic Suicide," "The Nameless City*defaced," and "The TR*TH."
The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotechnology runs rampant, replicating and reprogramming at will. Contact with extraterrestrial life grows more imminent with each new day. Struggling to survive and thrive in this accelerated world are three generations of the Macx clan: Manfred, an entrepreneur dealing in intelligence amplification technology whose mind is divided between his physical environment and the Internet; his daughter, Amber, on the run from her domineering mother, seeking her fortune in the outer system as an indentured astronaut; and Sirhan, Amber’s son, who finds his destiny linked to the fate of all of humanity. For something is systematically dismantling the nine planets of the solar system. Something beyond human comprehension. Something that has no use for biological life in any form...
From the two defining personalities of post-cyberpunk SF, a brilliant collaboration to rival 1987's The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
The first monograph to critically engage with the controversial horror film subgenre known as 'torture porn', this book dissects press responses to popular horror and analyses key torture porn films, mapping out the broader conceptual and contextual concerns that shape the meanings of both 'torture' and 'porn'.
In a world of transhuman survival and horror, technology allows the re-shaping of bodies and minds, but also creates opportunities for oppression and puts the capability for mass destruction in the hands of everyone. Other threats lurk in the devastated habitats of the Fall, dangers both familiar and alien. These fantastic stories explore the vastness and intricacies of the Eclipse Phase RPG universe and are a great read for science fiction fans, especially those leaning towards transhuman sci-fi. The complete list of authors includes: Madeline Ashby, Rob Boyle, Davidson Cole, Nathaniel Dean, Jack Graham, Georgina Kamsika, Ken Liu, Karin Lowachee, Kim May, Steven Mohan, Jr., Andrew Penn Romine, F. Wesley Schneider, Tiffany Trent, and Fran Wilde.