The Purists
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Fates Worse Than Death
A role playing game of suspense, horror and hope in 2080 on the streets of Manhattan.
Virtual Society?
Almost all aspects of social, cultural, economic and political life stand to be affected by the new electronic technologies. Virtual Society? is one vision of the consequential impact of these technologies. But to what extent and in what ways are the Internet and other electronic technologies really changing our lives? To what extent are we moving to a 'virtual society'? This collection provides a comprehensive set of detailed empirical studies of the genesis and use of these new technologies, ranging widely across application areas: from cyber-cafés to new media; email and organizational memory: to surveillance-capable technologies in the workplace; virtual reality to CCTV in high-rise housing; stock exchange addicts to student study networks. It offers a unique perspective - analytic scepticism - for making sense of some surprisingly counterintuitive results, and for developing a refreshingly critical view of many taken-for-granted assumptions about the impact of the Internet on social relations and institutions. Each chapter presents a high quality exemplar of its own disciplinary perspective, addressed to a general social science audience. The diversity of disciplinary perspectives is brought to bear in a central message laid out in the opening discussion of the 'Five Rules of Virtuality', that with due reflexive caution and ironic sensitivity, general messages can be drawn from the observations of particular substantive contexts. In particular, claims that we are moving to a 'virtual society' need to be tempered by a reassessment of connections between what counts as 'real' and 'virtual'. This book will appeal to students and researchers in a very wide range of disciplines, both within and beyond the social sciences and management, and to all practitioners struggling with the realities of the new virtual technologies
Volk'sBane
One Hundred years have passed since the Bellster’s made their historic test of quantum entanglement and accidentally caused the near annihilation of humanity. A compromise has been reached between humanity, mitochondria and the AI empire. Led by the literal and ridged figure known as The Overseer, humanity has changed. Human DNA has been re-sequenced. Genetic abnormalities that have plagued the human race have been eradicated. The resulting genetic changes have eradicated genetically caused mental, physical illnesses. The survivors live much longer, happier lives. The one hundred thousand or so survivors of the human race have elected a new leader, The Proctor. Under his guidance and with the blessing of The Overseer, direction has been given to recover as much of the rich cultural diversity of the human race as possible. The priority being in the arts and language. Maricella Vasquez leads the team tasked with that recovery. The human race is calmer now, healthier more peaceful. As a species we welcome this new way of life. With one defiant exception. Viktor Roper the alleged savior of the human race refuses to integrate completely with the new utopian society and lives in the wild. A devastating betrayal has pushed him mentally back to the edge. Feral and enhanced by genetic manipulation, fueled by rage, Viktor pushes his one hundred and fifty-year old body to its absolute limits and beyond. Wisely, The Overseer has left the Nano-memory retrieving implants in Viktor, in place. Only The Overseer knows his whereabouts, what he is capable of and, just in case, keeps him under close observation. Welcome back to the Planet Earth, post AI invasion. Things are about to get interesting.