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Best Cyberpunk Book Reviews & Interviews with Cyberpunk Legends


Post-Cyberpunk (2000 - Today)
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Science Fiction Meets Religion -
An Interview with Cyberpunk Author Matt Adcock

Cyberpunk author of Complete Darkness, Matt Adcock, shares his thoughts on the deification of artificial intelligence, his insights on the eternal conflict of science and religion, and the role that faith plays in a post-modern world.

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Deadly Enhancements - Cyberpunk Anthology Review

I review this new cyberpunk short story anthology featuring some of the biggest traditional and indie dystopian authors in the genre, bringing street-life vibes to the comfort of your home. Thirteen stories, thirteen ways to die, and a cast of characters you won't forget.

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New Yesterday - Review

The latest novel from Frasier Armitage occurs at the intersection of time travel, memory, and currency. Just how commodified can the human experience get? How much freedom do we have to pursue our own alternate realities? Let's explore further in this review...

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Rise of the Liberators - Review and Interview with Ryan Hyatt

The first of a three-part series, this novel revolves around a strong political thriller with giant mechs at the core of the action. As it continues, it touches on themes of information surveillance and necropolitics. I review it thus...

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Song of Kitaba - Overview

What if the government could strip your deepest secrets straight from your head, but you were prohibited from writing? Kitaba Mahahara is caught between two civilizations, one without self-expression, and one forced to reveal everything. Torn between the ancient and modern worlds, she will pave a new way for human freedom by uniting people across all walks of life, if the Enforcers don’t stop her first. Our overview here...

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Inertia - Overview of an Epic New Book

As a planet spins out of control, a young geophysicist, Ash, and her father must solve the ecological crisis using the latest cybernetics, while evading an oppressive regime profiting off the destruction.  Blending cyberpunk and solarpunk elements creates a unique book where technology helps solve the global flooding it created.

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Latent State - Book Review

Ben Winter pulls off an excellent debut novel about a man who can stop time. There's plenty here for cyberpunk fans from the street gangs, to the obsession with virtual reality that has plagued the city -- and the elusive and addictive drug SP1N that makes the VR experiences that much more real. I review it thus...

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Hactivist - Cyberpunk Graphic Novel Review

Activist and actress Alyssa Milano and company compile a post-cyberpunk story about creating a peer-to-peer global internet, not reliant on corrupt corporations and governments, and then using it to promote social activism with the latest cybertech...

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Tokyo Ghost - Graphic Novel Review

This cyberpunk graphic novel by Captain America / Venom writer Rick Remender brings us to a tech-crazed world that can only be saved by restoring our connection to nature, and each other. I review the first volume...

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Clear - Comic Series Review

The author of Batman takes to post-cyberpunk action in this new comic book series. In a world where everyone veils truth with augmented reality, one man tries to reveal the oppression that's been hiding in plain sight for eons...

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Far Sector by N. K. Jemisin - Cyberpunk Graphic Novel Review

A drug-infested planet where emotions are commodified. A collective of artificial intelligences surviving by consuming memes. A government conspiracy to suppress all feelings. This is Far Sector, and I review it thus...

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Shadowrun: Chaser - Novella Review

For over thirty years, the Shadowrun universe has thrilled us by combining noir cyberpunk with mythpunk and fantastical elements. This new novella from Russell Zimmerman continues a series of over fifty books, delighting in this combination...

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Blackfish City - Review

Media broadcasts in your DNA, a flooded world, a biased technocracy, a failed housing market, and a planet in crisis mark the challenges of this post - cyberpunk / solarpunk novel. In steps the Orcamancer, a nanobonded woman with a fierce resolve who will bring the wrath of nature upon her foes in the form of a killer whale to heal society. Simply awesome. I review it thus...

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Interview with Jeff VanderMeer (Annihilation Movie/Book)

Multiple tornadoes churned through Tallahassee on the night of April 23rd, but I wasn’t running; I was interviewing Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation, the book and movie starring Natalie Portman, to discuss current and upcoming projects with this solarpunk author.

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Forever Glitched: Cyberpunk Stories from the Hyperreal

This collection takes you to virtual worlds where goddesses weave the internet in their own image, where fractals hold blueprints for revolutionary gaming devices, and where cyberspace renders as outer space, an empty void only you can fill.
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Zer0-Day: The Sommerfeld Experiment #1 - Review

This new cyberpunk thriller series offers a ton of action as Joshua and a swarm of nanomachines party out with the baddest gangs out there. But it's hard to keep good tech out of the wrong hands -- and all hands are the wrong ones...

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The Genesis Engine - Review

Jim Keen's new cyberpunk book offers a lot for cyberpunk fans who want kick-ass action within a complex world, where multiple factions are competing for control. Central to this is the idea of machine rights and space colonization. I review this next stage of Alice Yu's journey...

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My Fatal Futility Shellshock - Overview

N. J. M. Hemfrey's new cyberpunk time-travel book is well written, with intense scenes that are fully developed at a comfortable pace. Both its action and its surreal depiction of the world will delight fans who want to immerse themselves into the genre, without over-relying on its tropes...

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TaekwonGO - Review

TaekwonGO is a satirical, postmodern science fiction novel about a martial arts video game that everyone is playing in augmented reality. I review it thus...

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Pattern Spec - Review

Jim Keen offers a cyberpunk thriller that makes a great short read in the first of his Alice Yu Novella series. It features powerful imagery and suspense and neat tech. I review it thus...

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A Girl Called Ari - Review
A post-apocalyptic novel about class divide

I review this book about two women traveling the wastelands, one trying to circumvent a physical wall, and the other wondering if she should circumvent a much larger wall - the wall that divides socioeconomic classes...

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Review of The Demon and an Interview with Tanweer Dar

Join me as I review the new cyberpunk-themed thriller The Demon, interviewing Tan about his book, his morally ambiguous characters, and the indie publishing industry...

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Liquid Cool - A Discussion with Austin Dragon

I had the honor of having Austin Dragon and Matthew Goodwin join me for the launch of Hemispheres as special guests. Here's a brief rundown of the conversation I had with Austin about his work...

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Cyberpunk City Book I - Review

“Humankind is…long overdue for an upgrade.”
- D. L. Young (stated by his character)

Cyberpunk City is a new series by D. L. Young told in five parts. I cover the first book, The Machine Killer, in this review...


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Upload - Review

A review of Mark McClelland's book about uploading the mind and the implications it would have for both one man, and humanity as a whole... (Interview forthcoming).

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Hemispheres - Author Athina Paris Reviews Everglade's Work

Athina Paris, a gifted author in and of herself, has reviewed my debut novel. See her thoughts on the planet and the conflict...

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Auxiliary - London 2039 - Review

"…Emotions swirling like oil poured into water." -Jon Richter

Jon writes a wicked cyberpunk mystery with great suspense and a grim tone that carries the plot into a twisted and satisfying ending. It's the reason why I'll never view 3D printers the same way again, as he explores the ramifications of technology.

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Sherman - Review

"Everybody’s so busy saluting the flag, they don’t notice all the people dead underneath it.” -Dr. Joseph Hurtgen (character quote)

Join me in this review of a post-modern masterpiece through the eyes of both the powerful, and the powerless, in this sci-fi meets historical fiction satire like none other...

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Arc City Stories - Scarlet - Review

"Scarlet brought the bike into a nosedive. The missile followed...but maybe she could shake it." -Todd Cinani

Todd contributes an awesome story to this collection of cyberpunk tales from new and emerging authors. I review it here...

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Neon Cortex - Novella Review

"A small square of the ocean was playing a loop, the waves weren't in line with the rest of the water…"
-Nik Whittaker

Nik has written a cyberpunk novella involving a missing girl, mind jacking, and tense situations surrounding problems that could only exist in a cyberpunk universe. I review the novella...

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Arc City Stories - Neo(n) Bushido - Review

"Raven hair against the neon light. Cold steel warmed by fresh blood."
-Patrick Tillett

Check out this collection of cyberpunk stories including Neo(n) Bushido, one of those rare masterpieces in story short writing that combines action with emotionally-charged moments as he tackles the sensitive topic of human trafficking.

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The Man With No Name - Review

"The corporation had eyes and ears...everywhere."
-Tanweer Dar

Tan has written novels and short stories in the cyberpunk and horror genres. His new release is a cyberpunk novella written from multiple characters’ viewpoints that explores artificial intelligence, family ties, and what it means to be free. See the full review...

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Ego Trip - Review

"(People)…like drones working for their queen bee."
-Eric Malikyte (Ego Trip quote)

What happens when a virtual reality game has real world consequences? A sheltered man is thrown into the underground in this new cyberpunk series by an emerging author to watch.

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Code Flicker - Review

"A culture expressed and consumed in small bites of disconnected information..."
-Marlin Seigman (Code Flicker quote)

This cyberpunk technothriller has turned into a new series where Jacob is drawn into the corporate underworld to make runs against his former employer as part of a larger scheme...

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Europa - Review

"With enough money, (corporations) become the government in all things but name." -- Elias J. Hurst

This cyberpunk book offers the lone journey of a man trying to make it in a world that's turned on him, hunting him down with every step. See the review...

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Into Neon - Review and Interview with Matthew A. Goodwin

"The rise of social media has left people feeling both more connected than ever, and more isolated..." -- Matthew A. Goodwin

Our relationship with technology is a core focus of Into Neon, and it fulfills this theme with great writing that keeps true to the genre. Matthew expands on his new series in this exclusive interview...

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Hoshi and the Red City Circuit - Review
A Cyberpunk Murder Mystery

This is one of those rare books that makes a substantial literary contribution to cyberpunk literature, pushing authors' abilities to use cyberspace as a literary device to allow for the extension of third-person limited into new realms. Also an awesome story!...

The Second Wave of Cyberpunk (1991 - 2000)
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The Future of Science Fiction - An Interview with K. W. Jeter

K.W. Jeter has written almost 40 books including BladeRunner 2: The Edge of Human. He invented steampunk, and wrote one of the first cyberpunk novels, Dr Adder, in 1972. His books formed the basis for The Mandalorian. I interviewed him about the future of science fiction, optimism, and the value of dystopian literature...

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Halo - A Review and Interview with Tom Maddox

Dr. Tom Maddox is a cyberpunk author who wrote Halo and provided William Gibson with the idea of ICE, influencing Neuromancer, Netrunner, Ghost in the Shell, DeusEx, and Cyberpunk 2077. His book about a technocratic sentient A.I. is a classic. We discuss the book with him...

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Social Media Usage and the Future of Sci-Fi
- A Discussion with Lewis Shiner

Cyberpunk legend Lewis Shiner worked with Sterling and others to define cyberpunk in the 80's. I discussed the future of science fiction with him, and the impacts of social media usage, while also examining his classic book, Frontera...

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Vacuum Flowers - Review / Interview with Michael Swanwick

This Cyberpunk classic from 1987 holds up well to time and continues to delight. It was also one of the first books to use the term wetware. Join me in this exclusive interview where Michael Swanwick and I discuss the past and future of cyberpunk...

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Interview with Bruce Bethke - Creator of Cyberpunk

Bruce came up with the word "cyberpunk" in 1980. In this exclusive interview he discusses the history of cyberpunk and whether or not cyberpunk is "dead." Commentary by myself and Dr. Joseph Hurtgen...

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Metrophage by Richard Kadrey - A Cyberpunk Cult Classic

Every page in this cyberpunk classic reads like today's news headlines, from a world pandemic to the threat of World War III. I review Kadrey's atmospheric dystopian book...