Description
Sterling, Bruce (editor).
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology.
New York: Arbor House, 1986. First Edition.
Octavo (6.2 x 9.3 inches). 239 pp. Bound in publisher’s gray boards with black spine, silver lettering.
This landmark anthology, edited by Bruce Sterling, collects the foundational works of the cyberpunk movement. Featuring seminal stories by William Gibson, Pat Cadigan, Rudy Rucker, Lewis Shiner, John Shirley, and others. Mirrorshades offers a compelling portrait of the subgenre’s defining themes: AI, cybernetics, post-industrial decay, and the uneasy interplay of humanity and technology.
Laid in: Original publisher’s letter and additional cyberpunk-related articles, adding a layer of bibliographic and contextual value to this already collectible volume. Marketing collateral presumed included as an advanced reading copy.
This group of writing crystallized the ethos of the 1980s technoculture. Essential title for collectors of cyberpunk.
Condition: Fine copy in like jacket. (unclipped)
