Charles Platt, Author Eos $14 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-100990-7
Many hackers, lawmakers, corporations and nervous users agree that the World Wide Web is in a state of anarchy. Here, Platt, a science fiction (Protektor) and science writer, divides his eye-opening story of the paranoia and real dangers arising...
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Charles Platt. Stairway (stairwaypress.com), $15.95 trade paper (472p) ISBN 978-1-941071-19-9
Before Platt became a feature writer for Wired and other tech journals, he wrote several science fiction novels, including the two in this omnibus. In “The Silicon Man”—first published in 1991, and set in 2030 in Long Beach, Calif.—he spins a web of
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Charles Platt, Author Main Street Press $5.95 (94p) ISBN 978-1-55562-019-6
An English import, this title purports to be a ""translation'' from a manuscript prepared by the author's cat, George, and directed to other cats. The style is deadpan (``There are millions of humans just waiting to pamper us with gourmet food,...
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