Wikiworld

Product Description "One absolute knock-out story... that is among the most exciting pieces of fiction IвЂTMve read in years". [Cory Doctorow] "Lighter side of cyberpunk - Great read" Amber Hansford Wikiworld is a future with no line between real and virtual worlds, when technologies allow for a global direct democracy and when citizens' personal data are available through eye contact. Wikiworld is a place where online transparency and web sharing can make you a world leader... with all pros and cons. Paul Di Filippo not only pictures a wonderful and futuristic universe, but he also highlights its paradoxes and contradictions: “Russ Reynolds, thatвЂTMs me. You probably remember my name from when I ran the country for three days. WasnвЂTMt that a wild time? IвЂTMm sorry I started a trade war with several countries around the globe.” Science Fiction meets Satire, between utopia and dystopia. Let's run for the presidency of the Wiki States of America! ABOUT THE AUTHOR "Paul Di Filippo (born October 29, 1954 in Providence, Rhode Island) Paul Di Filippo is a science fiction novelist and short story writer of wide genrebending influence, as well as a journalist, a sometimes comics writer, a mail art fiend, and a bunch of other things that are probably very hard to describe. Also, the first person to use the word “Steampunk” in a book title..." [Warren Ellis]