True Names by Vernor Vinge (First Edition, First Print, SC, NF)

1984

Published by Bluejay Books

Softcover

First edition | First print (First single publication of work)

Condition: Near Fine. Mild toning to back cover. Fading to spine.

A visionary proto-Cyberpunk work that fleshed out the concept of cyberspace and influenced crypto anarchism.

Published more than a decade before the internet started to have an impact on people’s lives, True Names is a truly visionary work that paved the way for the at the time nascent Cyberpunk movement, drawing up the battle lines between technocratic surveillance and individual freedom. Vinge’s work has had a lasting influence on Silicon Valley, not least among the more anarchic advocates of cryptography, cryptocurrency, and dark webs... more

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All available works by Vernor Vinge