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Overclocked

Overclocked

Stories of the Future Present
CyberpunkHard Sci-Fi
Pages
304
Published
2007
Language
English

Synopsis

A collection of short stories set in a near-future world where technology has reshaped law, privacy, and the human body. The title story follows a hacker and a detective as a race against time unfolds in a city built on digital layers, while other stories in the anthology explore murder, romance, and the ethics of a new age of surveillance and augmentation.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseThought-Provoking

Genres

Cyberpunk Hard Sci-Fi Social Sci-Fi

About the author

C
Cory Doctorow

From his website: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the bestselling Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novel LITTLE BROTHER. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London. 2 Creative Commons-licensed photos: cindiann: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/26...

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