A review by jonathanfs
Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling

4.0

I was looking for a classic near-future cyberpunk book and happened to read this one in the futuristic year of 2022 in which it was set. The predictions about technology were fun and not all that far off the mark. Sterling's societal and political predictions were impressively complex and creative. His fixation on his characters' racial and gender traits felt clunky by today's standards, but I think he was trying to be progressive and respectful for his time. I liked his writing style and am looking forward to trying his others.