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The Cybergypsies (Indra Sinha, 1999)
f you were to list the great popular historical books of the computer world, you’d probably hear The Cuckoo’s Egg, Soul of a New Machine, and then a smattering of books by Wired Magazine regulars, like Cyberpunks and Where Wizards Stay Up Late. Fire In The Valley maybe, though I imagine Cromemco gets less relevant every day.
Shades was a real place; you can see a YouTube video playing back a recorded (and very chaotic) session. It would be easy to turn this story into a people zoo, but Bear never does, instead opting for empathy even when he’s relating outrageous behavior and hilarious drama. Also, the original dust jacket(NSFW) features a pixelated, suggestively posed woman.
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