Web of Angels

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• kabdib · Dec 4, 2022 · Recommends

  …from the shady edge of society, and there's a caper of some kind. John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider (1975) Thomas J Ryan, The Adolescence of P-1 (1977) Vernor Vinge, True Names (1980) John M Ford, Web of Angels (1980) I've left a few out (e.g., Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Bester's The Computer Connection) because they're not really "punk".

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• kabdib · Jan 2, 2020 · Recommends

  Computers-in-SF titles that are often missed: John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider John M Ford, Web of Angels Algis Budrys, Michaelmas Thomas Ryan, The Adolescence of P-1 (mentioned by someone else here, too)

• gumby · Jul 29, 2023 · Mentions

  > Deck or CyberDeck is this mobile computer first imagined by William Gibson in Neuromancer ... The Cyberdeck was first used in the 1980 John M. Ford novel Web of Angels, about half a decade before Neuromancer, and before Vinge's far more influential "True Names" for that matter. I have always had a fondness for Ford's cyberdeck as it had analog sliders as well (and…

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