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Cyberpunk in 2020,Standard Edition with colour cover and black & white interior "For fans of Cyberpunk and retro futurism—essential to get a hold of a copy of this." – Ewan Morrison, author of Nina X, Swung, and Tales from the Mall It’s 2020—now where’s my flying car? Pat Cadigan, a founder of the cyberpunk literary-scene who is interviewed in this volume, famously answered, “That’s not the future we promised you. We promised you a dark technological dystopia. How do you like it?” Can’t wait for 2077? It’s 2020, and the dark technological dystopia has already arrived. // The fiction in this volume takes a look at the dystopian state of the world and dares to imagine an optimistic alternative, planting seeds of hope and drawing on solarpunk themes of a habitable future powered by renewable energy, networked-collaboration, and repaired technology. Like us, these stories stand at a crossroads between climate collapse and a radically reshaped sustainable future. The dystopia envisioned by 1980s cyberpunk authors has arrived. Will we continue down this path to self destruction, or do we dare envision a better future? This volume features multi-award-winning cyberpunk authors who move the genre away from the 80s action movie aesthetic of bakelite guns and neon-lit street races and into our increasingly networked existence facing ecological collapse. Stories from Nebula Award-winning authors Ken Liu, James Patrick Kelly, and Cat Rambo expose the pervasiveness of the internet as it intrudes into our most private and tragic moments. Arthur C Clarke Award-winners Gwyneth Jones and Lauren Beukes offer optimistic visions of the ways technology can connect us. This volume includes interviews with visionary author and Hugo, Arthur C Clarke, Locus, and Seiun Award-winner, Pat Cadigan and the novelist and principal writer for the long-awaited game Cyberpunk 2077, Jakub Szamałek. They reflect on our dystopia