From the brilliant author of The Dragon Waiting and Growing Up Weightless, a novel that saw the cyberpunk future with stunning clarity, years before anyone else.
With a new introduction from Cory Doctorow, written especially for this edition..
Condemned to death at the age of nine, Grailer must go underground, hiding his skills, testing his powers- until he is ready to do battle with the Web itself.
Obviously, he cannot be allowed to live.
Grailer is Fourth Literate, able to manipulate the Web at will--and use it for purposes unintended and impossible for anyone but the most talented Webspinner.
And then there are the Webspinners.
Only a privileged few are able to create their own software, within proscribed limits.
Some can retrieve and store data, as well as use simple precoded programs.
Most people can only use it to communicate.
The Web links the many worlds of humanity.
Ford\'s first published novel was an uncannily brilliant anticipation of the later cyberpunk genre--and of the internet itself.
Originally published in 1980, the legendary John M.
From the brilliant author of The Dragon Waiting and Growing Up Weightless, a novel that saw the cyberpunk future with stunning clarity, years before anyone else
