Cory Doctorow posted this on BoingBoing today. This strikes me as good read.<\/p>\n
\nLive Without a Net <\/a>is Lou Anders’ new anthology of science fiction stories about technological worlds that lack the Internet. When I was invited to the anthology, I balked. I’d just sold a story on this theme and I couldn’t imagine writing another without getting all reactionary and soppy about the horrors of being a net.addict.<\/p>\n
But the better stories in this book prove me wrong. The standouts, like Paul Di Fillipo’s Clouds and Cold Fires<\/i>, Charlie Stross’s Rogue Farm<\/i>, Rudy Rucker’s Frek in the Grullo Woods <\/i>(an outtake from his brilliant forthcoming novel Frek and the Magic Elixir<\/a>), and John Meaney’s The Swastika Bomb <\/i>are anything but predictable and trite. Rather, they’re wildly imaginative, thoughtful, and thought-provoking looks at a subject that is nearly unthinkable: a future free from the Internet\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n