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Pirate Utopia by Bruce Sterling: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2016-11-15
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN
- 9781616962364
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
ISBN-10
1616962364
ISBN-13
9781616962364
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221407362
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pirate Utopia
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Sea Stories, Fantasy / Historical
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-486556
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Praise for Pirate Utopia "A wild satire about serious issues. Sterling's wonder-romp is perfectly matched by Coulthart's superb designs. The best of their brilliant generation, Sterling and his collaborator have produced a book to treasure. Bravo!" --Michael Moorcock, author of the Elric of Melniboné series and The Whispering Swarm "Bruce Sterling maintains that J. G. Ballard was the most accurate and brilliant prophet ever to arise from the ranks of science fiction. I have to disagree, and hereby nominate Sterling himself for that honor. Although his newest, Pirate Utopia , a rigorously gonzo counterfactual, is not one of the thickly detailed futures he has often previously imagined, it nonetheless captures the feelings and vectors and strange attractors of the present day in a most startling and entertaining fashion. As politics, culture and individual lifestyles warp and mutate and shatter around us, dynamic individuals learn how to assemble new and more satisfying outlaw lives from the shards. Sterling's intimate acquaintance with modern Europe powers this compact powerhouse of a book, and his insights into the human soul enliven the vivid, heterogeneous cast. Using the powers consecrated by my ethnicity, I hereby dub Sterling an honorary Italian, and a worthy successor to our Futurist heritage!" --Paul Di Filippo, author of A Palazzo in the Stars Praise for Bruce Sterling "He understands technology's present and future better than anyone in the field." --Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother "And if you miss the sensation of having science fiction stretch your brainmeat a bit, of those powerful and irreversible up-endings of the way you see certain things, and you're not aware of Bruce Sterling? Go find him." -- Strange Horizons "[H]is highly caffeinated energy is hard to resist." -- Publishers Weekly "Bruce Sterling has managed to pen a delivery vessel for a futuristic, anarchistic dystopian idea of human potential." -- New York Journal of Books "Science fiction that makes the rest of near-future SF look toylike by comparison. It's as if Sterling is the only writer paying attention to what's happening in the real world." -- Locus "Love him or hate him, Bruce Sterling always has something important to say. . . ." -- Booksmark Magazine "Bruce Sterling remains one of the key SF writers" -- SFRevu Praise for the works of Bruce Sterling "Breathtaking." -- New York Times Book Review on The Difference Engine (with William Gibson) "Climb aboard Sterling's speculative roller coaster; a dazzling, eye opening ride through the modern world...." -- Village Voice on Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology "A haunting and lyrical triumph" -- Time , on Holy Fire "A comedic thriller for the Homeland Security era." -- Entertainment Weekly on The Zenith Angle "An arresting slice of future history" -- Kirkus on Schismatrix Plus "A tour de force" --Benjamin Rosenbaum, author of The Ant King and Other Stories on The Caryatids "A gem." -- Chicago Sun-Times on Zeitgeist "Written with humor and intelligence, this book is highly recommended." -- Library Journal, Praise for Bruce Sterling "He understands technology's present and future better than anyone in the field." --Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother "And if you miss the sensation of having science fiction stretch your brainmeat a bit, of those powerful and irreversible up-endings of the way you see certain things, and you're not aware of Bruce Sterling? Go find him." -- Strange Horizons "[H]is highly caffeinated energy is hard to resist." -- Publishers Weekly "Bruce Sterling has managed to pen a delivery vessel for a futuristic, anarchistic dystopian idea of human potential." -- New York Journal of Books "Science fiction that makes the rest of near-future SF look toylike by comparison. It's as if Sterling is the only writer paying attention to what's happening in the real world." -- Locus "Love him or hate him, Bruce Sterling always has something important to say. . . ." -- Booksmark Magazine "Bruce Sterling remains one of the key SF writers" -- SFRevu Praise for the works of Bruce Sterling "Breathtaking." -- New York Times Book Review on The Difference Engine (with William Gibson) "Climb aboard Sterling's speculative roller coaster; a dazzling, eye opening ride through the modern world...." -- Village Voice on Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology "A haunting and lyrical triumph" -- Time , on Holy Fire "A comedic thriller for the Homeland Security era." -- Entertainment Weekly on The Zenith Angle "An arresting slice of future history" -- Kirkus on Schismatrix Plus "A tour de force" --Benjamin Rosenbaum, author of The Ant King and Other Stories on The Caryatids "A gem." -- Chicago Sun-Times on Zeitgeist "Written with humor and intelligence, this book is highly recommended." -- Library Journal, Praise for Pirate Utopia "A wild satire about serious issues. Sterling's wonder-romp is perfectly matched by Coulthart's superb designs. The best of their brilliant generation, Sterling and his collaborator have produced a book to treasure. Bravo!" --Michael Moorcock, author of the Elric of Melniboné series and The Whispering Swarm Praise for Bruce Sterling "He understands technology's present and future better than anyone in the field." --Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother "And if you miss the sensation of having science fiction stretch your brainmeat a bit, of those powerful and irreversible up-endings of the way you see certain things, and you're not aware of Bruce Sterling? Go find him." -- Strange Horizons "[H]is highly caffeinated energy is hard to resist." -- Publishers Weekly "Bruce Sterling has managed to pen a delivery vessel for a futuristic, anarchistic dystopian idea of human potential." -- New York Journal of Books "Science fiction that makes the rest of near-future SF look toylike by comparison. It's as if Sterling is the only writer paying attention to what's happening in the real world." -- Locus "Love him or hate him, Bruce Sterling always has something important to say. . . ." -- Booksmark Magazine "Bruce Sterling remains one of the key SF writers" -- SFRevu Praise for the works of Bruce Sterling "Breathtaking." -- New York Times Book Review on The Difference Engine (with William Gibson) "Climb aboard Sterling's speculative roller coaster; a dazzling, eye opening ride through the modern world...." -- Village Voice on Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology "A haunting and lyrical triumph" -- Time , on Holy Fire "A comedic thriller for the Homeland Security era." -- Entertainment Weekly on The Zenith Angle "An arresting slice of future history" -- Kirkus on Schismatrix Plus "A tour de force" --Benjamin Rosenbaum, author of The Ant King and Other Stories on The Caryatids "A gem." -- Chicago Sun-Times on Zeitgeist "Written with humor and intelligence, this book is highly recommended." -- Library Journal, Praise for Pirate Utopia "A wild satire about serious issues. Sterling's wonder-romp is perfectly matched by Coulthart's superb designs. The best of their brilliant generation, Sterling and his collaborator have produced a book to treasure. Bravo!" --Michael Moorcock, author of the Elric of Melniboné series and The Whispering Swarm "Bruce Sterling maintains that J. G. Ballard was the most accurate and brilliant prophet ever to arise from the ranks of science fiction. I have to disagree, and hereby nominate Sterling himself for that honor. Although his newest, Pirate Utopia , a rigorously gonzo counterfactual, is not one of the thickly detailed futures he has often previously imagined, it nonetheless captures the feelings and vectors and strange attractors of the present day in a most startling and entertaining fashion. As politics, culture and individual lifestyles warp and mutate and shatter around us, dynamic individuals learn how to assemble new and more satisfying outlaw lives from the shards. Sterling's intimate acquaintance with modern Europe powers this compact powerhouse of a book, and his insights into the human soul enliven the vivid, heterogeneous cast. Using the powers consecrated by my ethnicity, I hereby dub Sterling an honorary Italian, and a worthy successor to our Futurist heritage!" --Paul Di Filippo, author of A Palazzo in the Stars "A splendidly illustrated Futurist romp, reminiscent of the comedic elements in Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow , Pirate Utopia riffs on real, recondite modern history to truly bizarre effect." --Gwyneth Jones, author of Life and The Grasshopper's Child Praise for Bruce Sterling "He understands technology's present and future better than anyone in the field." --Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother "And if you miss the sensation of having science fiction stretch your brainmeat a bit, of those powerful and irreversible up-endings of the way you see certain things, and you're not aware of Bruce Sterling? Go find him." --Strange Horizons "[H]is highly caffeinated energy is hard to resist." --Publishers Weekly "Bruce Sterling has managed to pen a delivery vessel for a futuristic, anarchistic dystopian idea of human potential." --New York Journal of Books "Science fiction that makes the rest of near-future SF look toylike by comparison. It's as if Sterling is the only writer paying attention to what's happening in the real world." --Locus "Love him or hate him, Bruce Sterling always has something important to say. . . ." --Booksmark Magazine "Bruce Sterling remains one of the key SF writers" --SFRevu Praise for the works of Bruce Sterling "Breathtaking." --New York Times Book Review on The Difference Engine (with William Gibson) "Climb aboard Sterling's speculative roller coaster; a dazzling, eye opening ride through the modern world...." --Village Voice on Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology "A haunting and lyrical triumph" --Time, on Holy Fire "A comedic thriller for the Homeland Security era." --Entertainment Weekly on The Zenith Angle "An arresting slice of future history" --Kirkus on Schismatrix Plus "A tour de force" --Benjamin Rosenbaum, author of The Ant King and Other Stories on The Caryatids "A gem." --Chicago Sun-Times on Zeitgeist "Written with humor and intelligence, this book is highly recommended." --Library Journal
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Original introduction by Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine Who are these bold rebels pillaging their European neighbors in the name of revolution? The Futurists Utopian pirate warriors of the diminutive Regency of Carnaro, scourge of the Adriatic Sea. Mortal enemies of communists, capitalists, and even fascists (to whom they are not entirely unsympathetic). The ambitious Soldier-Citizens of Carnaro are led by a brilliant and passionate coterie of the perhaps insane. Lorenzo Secondari, World War I veteran, engineering genius, and leader of Croatian raiders. Frau Piffer, Syndicalist manufacturer of torpedos at a factory run by and for women. The Ace of Hearts, a dashing Milanese aristocrat, spymaster, and tactical savant. And the Prophet, a seductive warrior-poet who leads via free love and military ruthlessness. Fresh off of a worldwide demonstration of their might, can the Futurists engage the aid of sinister American traitors and establish global domination?, Original introduction by Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine Who are these bold rebels pillaging their European neighbors in the name of revolution? The Futurists! Utopian pirate warriors of the diminutive Regency of Carnaro, scourge of the Adriatic Sea. Mortal enemies of communists, capitalists, and even fascists (to whom th, Original introduction by Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine Who are these bold rebels pillaging their European neighbors in the name of revolution? The Futurists! Utopian pirate warriors of the diminutive Regency of Carnaro, scourge of the Adriatic Sea. Mortal enemies of communists, capitalists, and even fascists (to whom they are not entirely unsympathetic).The ambitious Soldier-Citizens of Carnaro are led by a brilliant and passionate coterie of the perhaps insane. Lorenzo Secondari, World War I veteran, engineering genius, and leader of Croatian raiders. Frau Piffer, Syndicalist manufacturer of torpedos at a factory run by and for women. The Ace of Hearts, a dashing Milanese aristocrat, spymaster, and tactical savant. And the Prophet, a seductive warrior-poet who leads via free love and military ruthlessness.Fresh off of a worldwide demonstration of their might, can the Futurists engage the aid of sinister American traitors and establish global domination?, Original introduction by Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine Who are these bold rebels pillaging their European neighbors in the name of revolution? The Futurists! Utopian pirate warriors of the diminutive Regency of Carnaro, scourge of the Adriatic Sea. Mortal enemies of communists, capitalists, and even fascists (to whom they are not entirely unsympathetic). The ambitious Soldier-Citizens of Carnaro are led by a brilliant and passionate coterie of the perhaps insane. Lorenzo Secondari, World War I veteran, engineering genius, and leader of Croatian raiders. Frau Piffer, Syndicalist manufacturer of torpedos at a factory run by and for women. The Ace of Hearts, a dashing Milanese aristocrat, spymaster, and tactical savant. And the Prophet, a seductive warrior-poet who leads via free love and military ruthlessness. Fresh off of a worldwide demonstration of their might, can the Futurists engage the aid of sinister American traitors and establish global domination?
LC Classification Number
PS3569.T3876P57 2016
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- a***n (45)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseMistakenly ordered a paperback that I thought was a hardcover, not sellers fault; it was described properly on the listing. Seller still processed a refund the day I went to return the item and let me keep the item anyway. A+++ service. Book arrived quickly in great condition and for a great price. Thank you so much! Amazing seller!
- n***c (94)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.